ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,716, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Microscope and method for imaging an object using a microscope" was invented by Christian Schumann (Lich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope includes: a motorized object stage for moving an object; an optical imaging system for forming an optical image of a plane (OE) in which the object is to be optically imaged; an optical scanning unit for moving the plane (OE) to be optically imaged by the optical imaging system relative to the optical imaging system; an image sensor for detecting the optical image of the plane (OE) formed by...