ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,791, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Optical axis adjustment method for laser module and optical axis adjustment jig" was invented by Ryuta Shibutani (Kyoto, Japan) and Tomoyo Tao (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a jig mounting step (Step S1), a laser module having an optical axis adjustment mechanism is mounted on an optical axis adjustment jig in a state where the laser module is detached from a Raman spectrometer. In an optical axis adjusting step (Step S2), an optical axis of a laser module mounted on the optical axis adjustment jig is adjusted using the optical axis adjustment me...