US Patent Issued to FOSS Analytical on Jan. 27 for "Method of analysing foodstuff samples using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,424, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FOSS Analytical A/S (Hilleroed, Denmark).

"Method of analysing foodstuff samples using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy" was invented by Daniel Aden (Hilleroed, Denmark) and Nicolai Bork (Hilleroed, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of analysing a foodstuff sample using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, comprises: ashing the foodstuff sample to generate an ash residue; and forming the ash residue into a layered pellet based on: loading at least the portion of the ash residue into a die, loading a support material into the die as a layer covering a second surface of the por...