US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on July 21 for "Systems and methods for miniature spatial heterodyne spectrometry" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,429, issued on July 21, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for miniature spatial heterodyne spectrometry" was invented by Seyedeh Sona Hosseini (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for miniature spatial heterodyne spectrometer (SHS) systems are described. Methods for optimizing the miniature SHS systems can reduce the sizes and format while achieving high sensitivity and detection quality. The miniature SHS systems can be deployed for handheld use in real-world or remote activities outside of research or diagnostic facilities."

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