ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,029, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Photo electron Soul Inc. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Electron gun, electron beam applicator, and irradiation position moving method" was invented by Tomohiro Nishitani (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an electron gun that can extend the lifetime of a photocathode, an electron beam applicator on which the electron gun is mounted, and an irradiation position moving method. This object can be achieved by an electron gun including: a light source; a photocathode that emits an electron beam in response to receiving light from the light source; an anode; a motion device that moves excit...