US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on Nov. 3 for "Systems and methods for controlling molecules" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,765, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for controlling molecules" was invented by Chi Zhang (West Lafayette, Ind.), Mark Carlsen (Lafayette, Ind.) and Matthew Clark (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention generally relates to systems and methods for controlling molecules. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for controlling molecules, the system comprising: a first light source; a second light source; an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) coupled to the second light source; and control circuitry. In certain embodiments, the con...