ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,235, issued on May 12, was assigned to IRIDESENSE (Issy-les-Moulineux, France).

"Multispectral LiDAR comprising a spectral delay unit" was invented by Priit Jaanson (Paris) and Albert Manninen (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multispectral laser detection and ranging device including a spectral delay unit configured for delaying the broadband laser beam pulse depending on the wavelength, to give a wavelength comb selected in the spectral range, such that the broadband laser beam pulse is transformed into a pulse-train wherein each pulse in the train is at a different wavelength of the wavelength comb."

The patent was filed on ...