US Patent Issued to Leica Biosystems Imaging on July 8 for "Power off delay system and method" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,770, issued on July 8, was assigned to Leica Biosystems Imaging Inc. (Vista, Calif.).

"Power off delay system and method" was invented by Nicholas Newberg (San Marcos, Calif.), Benjamin Siehl (Nussloc, Germany), Markus Wittmann (Heidelberg, Germany) and Markus Sharpe (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power off delay system and method is configured to delay termination of electrical power to a digital pathology device in a power off condition. If the apparatus includes a UPS, the power off delay system and method delays termination of electrical power when a power switch is turned off and when a catastrophic power f...