ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,356, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MITUTOYO Corp. (Kawasaki, Japan).
"Microscope unit" was invented by Kenji Iwamoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasushi Fukumoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takashi Honma (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope unit comprises: a main lens barrel of an imaging optical system, the main lens barrel being configured capable of being fitted with an imaging sensor and an objective lens; and an illumination lens barrel of an illumination optical system, the illumination lens barrel being connected to the main lens barrel and configured capable of being fitted with a light source, the illumination ...