ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,965, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NTT INC. (Tokyo).

"Dielectric spectrometry device" was invented by Takuro Tajima (Tokyo), Masahito Nakamura (Tokyo) and Michiko Seyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sensor part of a dielectric spectrometry device, an antenna section of a coaxial line structure with an open end on a side that is to contact a sample, an open section of a coaxial line structure with an open end on a side that is to contact the air, a short section of a coaxial line structure in which a center conductor and a ground are conductive at a distal end portion, a load part which terminates a signal line, and...