US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on April 29 for "Phase-contrast microscope with ring-structured fiber lighting and a conjugate-positioned annular phase film" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,472, issued on April 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Phase-contrast microscope with ring-structured fiber lighting and a conjugate-positioned annular phase film" was invented by Takashi Urashima (Osaka, Japan) and Daichi Higashi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase-contrast microscope includes a light source section configured to emit light; a light guide including a plurality of optical fibers, the light guide transmitting the light emitted from the light source section through the plurality of optical fibers; and an object lens including a lens and an annular p...