US Patent Issued to TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Feb. 18 for "Early diagnosis and management of nitrogen deficiency in plants utilizing Raman spectroscopy" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,518, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY Ltd. (Singapore) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Early diagnosis and management of nitrogen deficiency in plants utilizing Raman spectroscopy" was invented by Bong Soo Park (Singapore), Rajeev J. Ram (Cambridge, Mass.), Chung Hao Huang (Singapore), Gajendra Pratap Singh (Singapore) and Nam-Hai Chua (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of a Raman spectral signature of nitrate, as a biomarker for an early, real-time diagnosis of nitrogen status in growing plants in a non-invasive or non-d...