US Patent Issued to University Public Corporation Osaka, MURATA MANUFACTURING on July 1 for "Microscopic object detection device, detection system, and detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,625, issued on July 1, was assigned to University Public Corporation Osaka (Osaka, Japan) and MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Microscopic object detection device, detection system, and detection method" was invented by Takuya Iida (Sakai, Japan), Shiho Tokonami (Sakai, Japan), Hiroki Ishikawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tsutomu Yamasaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hirohito Washida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscopic object detection system includes a collecting kit and a detection device. The collecting kit has a thin film for converting light into heat and is configured to be capable of holding a sampl...