ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,049, issued on June 16, was assigned to Q-NET LLC (Hana, Hawaii).

"Electromagnetic material identification tool (EMIT)" was invented by Marianne Veronika Sandor (Rocklin, Calif.) and Edward Michael Porrazzo (Rocklin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The Electromagnetic Materials Identification Tool (EMIT) is a handheld-tool for laboratory, industrial, or field use, via portable devices or integrated systems. EMIT establishes a new EM wave-state category in the Periodic Table of Elements, identifying materials as structured spatial wave-state expressions that preserve particle spin, position, superposition, and spatial relationsh...