ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,938, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC (Madison, Wis.).
"Hybrid reflective microscope objective" was invented by Yan Min (Verona, Wis.) and Francis J Deck (Madison, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods related to hybrid reflective microscope objectives and lens systems used in a spectroscopy system. The objective lens system includes a primary aspheric mirror having a first R-value; and a secondary aspheric mirror having a second R-value smaller than the first R-value, where in the objective lens system has a working distance of at least 20 mm and a numerical a...