ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,490, issued on July 21, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Multispectral reflection imaging system" was invented by Jerome Le Perchec (Grenoble Cedex, France) and Mathieu Dupoy (Grenoble Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device (100) configured to image a sample (102), comprising: a light source (104) emitting a light; a light deflection device configured to deflect the light emitted by the light source towards the sample, comprising a material portion (106) provided with a first main face (108) arranged opposite the sample (102), a second main face (110), an...