ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,970, issued on May 13, was assigned to Evident Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Apparatus, system, and method for supporting setting for cell image analysis" was invented by Takatoshi Kakeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a processor that selects parameter-setting candidate information by referring to a database about a parameter setting history of image analysis that analyzes a cell image, and an output unit that outputs the selected parameter-setting candidate information. The database includes setting history information that is a collection of pieces of combination information indicating combinations of param...