ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,381, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH (Jena, Germany).

"Scanning device for scanning a scanning field, and method for operating said device" was invented by Jorg Steinert (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning device for scanning a scan field, and a method for operating the device, said scanning device having a first scanner and a second scanner, each with a frame that is movable about a first oscillation axis and, held in said frame a scanning mirror that can be excited resonantly to vibrate about a second oscillation axis. The scanners are arranged in a beam path and imaged onto one anot...