ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,471, issued on April 14, was assigned to Imperial College Innovations Ltd. (London).

"Apparatus and method for adjusting the wavelength of light" was invented by Timothy Runcorn (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical arrangement for adjusting the wavelength of light, comprising: a first light source arranged to generate a first beam of light at a first wavelength; a second light source arranged to generate seed light at a second wavelength; a first Raman shifting medium arranged to receive the light from the first light source in combination with the seed light from the second light source, and to produce, by stimulated R...