ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,513, issued on July 22, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Sample observation apparatus" was invented by Eiji Kanda (Yasu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample observation apparatus includes a transparent vessel that accommodates a medium containing a sample, a light source below the vessel to emit first illumination light toward an inside of the vessel, and a light-receiving member that receives scattered light being the first illumination light scattered by the medium. The light-receiving member includes a light-transmissive portion and a light-receiving portion and is located between the medium and the light s...