US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Purdue Research Foundation on Dec. 30 for "Microscope mounting system for cutting and testing of soft materials" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,446, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.) and Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Microscope mounting system for cutting and testing of soft materials" was invented by Shelby Hutchens (Champaign, Ill.), Amy Jaye Wagoner Johnson (Champaign, Ill.), Jing-Chen Peng (Vancouver, Wash.), Matthew Guerena (San Diego), Marcus Schmid (Rantoul, Israel), Cecilia Walsh (Western Springs, Ill.), Tyler Jacob Roberts (Aurora, Ill.) and Chelsea Simone Davis (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope mounting system includes a sample holder shaped and...