ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,224, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sparta Biodiscovery Ltd. (London).

"Single particle automated Raman trapping analysis" was invented by Molly Stevens (London), Jelle Penders (London) and Isaac Pence (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated method of particle analysis is performed using an electromagnetic radiation source for generating a beam of electromagnetic radiation, a focusing element for directing the beam to a particle capture zone, a detector configured to detect a signal response from the particle capture zone and a control system. An electromagnetic radiation beam is focused onto a particle-conveying medi...