ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,218, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Particle detection apparatus, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and particle detection method" was invented by Katsutoshi Tahara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle detection apparatus is provided that includes: a plurality of optical detectors configured to detect light from a particle, wherein at least one of optical detectors has an applied voltage coefficient different from other optical detectors; and a processor including a processing device and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device,...