ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,539, issued on March 25, was assigned to SMI DRUG DISCOVERY Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Optical microscope" was invented by James Alan Brozik (Pullman, Wash.) and Andrew James Thompson (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical microscope (10) comprising a first optical microscope (R); and a second optical microscope (Q) with a different mode of operation to the first optical microscope (R). The optical microscope (10) is configured such that the first optical microscope (R) and the second optical microscope (Q) simultaneously view a sample on a sample stage (I)."
The patent was filed on June 3, 2020,...