ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,687, issued on April 14, was assigned to FTH S.r.L. (Rovereto, Italy).

"Optoelectronic device for the detection of substances dispersed in a fluid" was invented by Carlo Guardiani (Verona, Italy), Lorenzo Pavesi (Trento, Italy), Francesco Ferraro (Villafranca di Verona, Italy), Niccolo Ardoijno (Bonassola, Italy) and Mattia Mancinelli (Pergine Valsugana, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to an optoelectronic device for the detection of substances dispersed in a fluid. The optoelectronic device comprises: -a light source adapted to emit a light radiation; -an optical splitter comprising an optical inpu...