ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,508, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Shimadzu Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Training data generation apparatus, model training apparatus, sample characteristic estimation apparatus, and chromatograph mass spectrometry apparatus" was invented by Takero Sakai (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor performs processing for generating training data by processing a plurality of pieces of peak information obtained by a data obtaining unit. The processor deletes data on a peak missing in any of the plurality of pieces of peak information from each piece of peak information. When a coefficient of correlation of data between p...