US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Sept. 15 for "Spectroscopic system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,402, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Spectroscopic system" was invented by Yukito Saitoh (Minamiashigara, Japan), Yujiro Yanai (Minamiashigara, Japan) and Kazuya Hisanaga (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided a spectroscopic system where a reduction in size can be achieved. The spectroscopic system includes an optical element, in which the optical element include a prism and a liquid crystal diffraction element disposed on a first surface of the prism directly or with another layer interposed between the prism and the liquid crystal diffraction element, the prism has a second sur...