ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,162, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Waveform processing device for chromatogram and waveform processing method for chromatogram" was invented by Yuki Ishikawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroaki Kozawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample chromatogram produced by measurement of a mobile phase into which a sample has been injected is acquired by a sample chromatogram acquirer. A background chromatogram produced by measurement of a mobile phase into which a sample is not injected or a mobile phase into which a control sample is injected is acquired by a background chromatogram acquirer. Align...