ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,708, issued on April 14, was assigned to Boreal Laser Inc. (Edmonton, Canada).

"Laser gas sensor with explosion proof enclosure" was invented by John Tulip (Edmonton, Canada) and Timothy Ho (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensing laser transceiver that may be used for sensing gas in explosive environments has a laser light source and electronic analysis equipment within an explosion proof chamber. The explosion proof chamber has an optical coupling allowing a laser output from the laser light source to exit the explosion proof chamber. The laser output travels along a path from the transceiver through a region...