ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,420, issued on June 17, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH (Jena, Germany).

"Microscopy system and method for analyzing an overview image" was invented by Manuel Amthor (Jena, Germany), Daniel Haase (Zollnitz, Germany) and Thomas Ohrt (Golmsdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscopy system comprises a microscope with an overview camera for capturing at least one overview image of a sample carrier designed to receive at least one sample fluid; and a computing device configured to determine at least one sample image area of the at least one sample fluid within the at least one overview image. The computing device...