ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,347, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Chemometec A/S (Allerod, Denmark).

"Depicting of objects" was invented by Johan Holm (Soborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for characterizing object(s) in a sample includes collecting transmitted, refracted, scattered, diffracted, and/or emitted light from the sample. The collected light formed on a sensor surface includes at least a first and second image of the object(s). For at least the first and second image, the collected light is modulated asymmetrically differently, or for at least a third and fourth image focal plane positions are different, or for at least a fifth...