ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,645, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.) and CELLOMICS INC (Waltham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for autofocus and automated cell count using artificial intelligence" was invented by Nicolas Rognin (Bothell, Wash.), Larry Rystrom (Mill Creek, Calif.), Ognjen Golub (Eugene, Ore.), Jonathan Paullin (Kirkland, Wash.), Nicholas Diliani (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.) and Kim Ippolito (South Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for autofocus using artificial intelligence include (i) capturing a plurality of monochrome images over a nominal focus range, (ii) identifying one or m...