ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,333, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FEMTOMETRIX INC. (Los Angeles).

"Method and apparatus for non-invasive, non-intrusive, and un-grounded, simultaneous corona deposition and SHG measurements" was invented by Timothy M. Wong (Los Angeles) and William H. Howland (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus is described for performing simultaneous corona deposition and surface electric field induced second harmonic (EFISH) measurements. Example designs include systems including corona guns having a focus tube for deposition of corona charge with windows therein for passage of a laser beam incident on and reflected from a ...