ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,714, issued on July 28, was assigned to CI SYSTEMS (ISRAEL) LTD. (Migdal Haemek, Israel).

"Synchronization between temperature measurement device and radiation sources" was invented by Benjamin Brosilow (Ramot Menashe, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus measure temperature of a substrate by switching one or more sources between an active state and an inactive state. When in the active state, the one or more sources heat at least one portion of the substrate. When in the inactive state, the one or more sources cause substantially no radiation or a negligible amount of radiation to be generat...