ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,550, issued on June 10, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Device for holding specimens in a microscope" was invented by Patric Pelzer (Wetzlar, Germany) and Christian Schumann (Lich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for receiving samples in a microscope is provided. The device comprises a microtiter plate. The microtiter plate comprises an inner part with cavities for the samples and with an optically transparent bottom plate, which seals the cavities underneath and a frame which defines a supporting surface and is configured to hold the inner part at least in a first position. The bottom...