ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,508, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Optical imaging system" was invented by Matthias Steiner (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system is presented for optically imaging a sample including a nanoscale object. The optical system includes an imaging lens, an illumination source configured to provide an excitation light, a detector and a substrate for supporting the sample. A sample interface, arranged to reflect the excitation light, is formed between the sample and a first side of the substrate facing the sample when the sample is applied on the substr...