ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,698, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ACADEMIA SINICA (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Scanning device and iSCAT confocal microscope system" was invented by Chia-Lung Hsieh (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yi-Teng Hsiao (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a scanning device for iSCAT confocal microscope observation is disclosed comprising: a lens for receiving an incident light; a spinning disk having pinholes; and a polarization beam splitter between the lens and the spinning disk. The lens, the polarization beam splitter and the spinning disk are configured to cause the incident light to be through the lens, the p...