ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,408, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH (Bremen, Germany).
"Optical spectrometer" was invented by Lutz Frommberger (Bremen, Germany), Hans-Jurgen Schluter (Bremen, Germany), Konstantin Ayzikov (Bremen, Germany) and Antonella Guzzonato (Bremen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of optical spectroscopy for analysing a sample using an optical spectrometer is provided. The method comprises obtaining a sample spectrum of the sample using the optical spectrometer and obtaining a blank spectrum using the optical spectrometer. The blank spectrum comprises structured background radiation wh...