US Patent Issued to Sigray on July 15 for "X-ray fluorescence system and x-ray source with electrically insulative target material" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,067, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sigray Inc. (Benicia, Calif.).

"X-ray fluorescence system and x-ray source with electrically insulative target material" was invented by Wenbing Yun (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Benjamin Donald Stripe (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Frances Yenan Su (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Vikaram Singh (Concord, Calif.), Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis (San Francisco) and Janos Kirz (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a stage for supporting a sample having at least first and second atomic elements. The first atomic element has a first characteristic x-ray line with a first energy and the second atomic e...