ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,352, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Phase-modulated fluorescence differential microscopic imaging method and device based on electro-optical technology" was invented by Cuifang Kuang (Hangzhou, China), Xu Liu (Hangzhou, China), Wanjie Dong (Hangzhou, China) and Shaocong Liu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a phase-modulated fluorescence differential microscopic imaging device based on electro-optical modulation technology, including an illumination system for generating an excitation beam, a detection system for collecting a fluorescent signal emitted by a sample...