ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,094, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THERMO ELECTRON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LLC (Madison, Wis.).
"Adjustable optical system for a spectrograph" was invented by Julian Irwin (Madison, Wis.) and Jeffrey Peter Wong (Middleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectrograph includes a base, a first optic mounted with respect to the base, a second optic mounted with respect to the base, and a third optic mounted with respect to the base. A first relative position between the first optic and the second optic is adjustable about a first pivot axis. A second relative position between the second optic and the third optic is adjustable ab...