US Patent Issued to HyperSpectral on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for detecting pathogens using spectrometer scans" (Texas, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,691, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HyperSpectral Corp. (Alexandria, Va.).

"Systems and methods for detecting pathogens using spectrometer scans" was invented by Sarah Rachel Hernandez (Austin, Texas), Matthew Theurer (Alexandria, Va.) and Mario Martinez (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method includes receiving multiple spectrometer scans of a sample obtained from a person. A spectrometer scan includes intensities of wavelengths of light in a range of wavelengths. The light has passed through at least a portion of the sample. For multiple wavelengths of light in the range of wavelengths, a particular pr...