ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,124, issued on April 7, was assigned to Miftek Corp. (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Multi-spectral microparticle-fluorescence photon cytometry" was invented by Masanobu Yamamoto (West Lafayette, Ind.) and J. Paul Robinson (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement system is disclosed which includes a spot-traversal system for causing relative motion between a sample and an irradiation spot in a first direction, wherein the sample includes one or more fluorescent markers having respective fluorescence wavelengths, a gating system configured to provide a gating signal based at least in part on resultant light substant...