US Patent Issued to Agilent Technologies on Sept. 1 for "Variable transmission aperture" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,914, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Variable transmission aperture" was invented by Mark Junker (North Melbourne, Australia) and Philip Wilson (Mount Waverly, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectrometry system for spectroscopically analyzing a sample is provided. The system includes an excitation source for interacting with the sample; a detector for detecting at least a portion of light absorbed or emitted by the sample, the excitation source and detector being optically coupled via an optical pathway; and an aperture positioned in the optical pathway for limiting tra...