ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,854, issued on March 24, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Sample holder" was invented by Hugh Charles Stevenson (Hughesdale, Australia), Philip Valmont Wilson (Mount Waverly, Australia) and Kellie Pearce (Mulgrave, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a sample holder for use in molecular absorption spectroscopy. The sample holder comprises a first surface having a first predetermined geometry, and a second surface having a second predetermined geometry. The first surface is opposite the second surface. The sample holder is configured to hold a measurement samp...