ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,857, issued on May 27, was assigned to Carl Zeiss AG (Oberkochen, Germany).

"Optical system for imaging an object, and method for operating the optical system" was invented by Alexander Tobisch (Ellwangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system for imaging an object includes a first objective, a first image stabilizing unit, and a first image plane, wherein, as seen from the first objective in the direction of the first image plane, the first objective is arranged first along a first optical axis, followed by the first image stabilizing unit and then the first image plane, wherein the first image stabilizing unit co...