ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,861, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Biomerieux (France), Universite Jean Monnet Saint Etienne (France) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France).

"Focus adjustment method for holographic imaging system" was invented by Nicolas Faure (Grenoble, France), Frederic Pinston (Grenoble, France), Corinne Fournier (Saint-Etienne, France), Loic Denis (Saint-Etienne, France) and Thomas Olivier (Saint-Etienne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A focus adjustment method for acquiring an image of a surface of interest of a sample by a holographic imager includes the steps of: placing the sample including at least one...