ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,838, issued on March 31, was assigned to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Ultrathin micro-spectrometer and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ki Hun Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Woo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Hun Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Gi Beom Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an ultrathin micro-spectrometer and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, relates to an ultrathin micro-spectrometer including: a lens portion including: a convex lens; and a back-reflection grating layer which is...