US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU, TOYOKO KAGAKU on May 12 for "Optical detection chip and optical detection system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,082, issued on May 12, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU (Kitakyushu, Japan) and TOYOKO KAGAKU Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Optical detection chip and optical detection system" was invented by Seung-Woo Lee (Kitakyushu, Japan), Kiyoshi Hirakawa (Kawasaki, Japan) and Hirofumi Okuda (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an optical detection chip that makes it possible to accurately measure, in a short time, hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan contained in a gas subject to detection. An optical detection chip is provided with: an optically transparent substrate; and a layer structure provided with a pig...