ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,134, issued on March 11, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Microscope system, focus adjustment program, and focus adjustment system" was invented by Hirokazu Tatsuta (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irradiation unit (14) projects excitation light (LB) having an asymmetric shape with respect to an optical axis (A1, A2). An objective lens (20) concentrates the excitation light (LB) at a measurement-target member (22) including a glass member (22C, 22A) and a measurement-target region (22B). The detection unit (30) includes at least one or more light-receiving units (31) that receive fluorescence emitted from...