ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,098, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SPECTRONIX LTD. (Sderot, Israel).
"Open path gas detector based on spectrometer" was invented by Yossi Ben-Aderet (Zikim, Israel) and Uzziel Sheintop (Haggay, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open path gas detection system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to generate illumination, having broadband spectrum, across an open path. The receiver is positioned to detect the illumination from the transmitter after the illumination has passed through the open path. The receiver includes at least one spectrometer configured to determine spectroscopic information...