ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,540, issued on Feb. 24.

"Method for single molecule localization microscopy" was invented by Heinrich Spiecker (Bielefeld, Germany), Stefan Miltenyi (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Robin Diekmann (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Ali Kinkhabwala (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) and Anthony deVries (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for single molecule localization microscopy may use a patterned illumination over the field of view. The patterned illumination may be dynamically adapted to the approximate positions of the detected fluorescent molecule emitters, allowing for increased signal-to-background for their ...