ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,849, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for coverslipping slides" was invented by Rolfe Anderson (Saratoga, Calif.), Adrienne Mccampbell (San Jose, Calif.), Victor Lim (Pacifica, Calif.), Carol T. Schembri (San Mateo, Calif.), Michal Johannsen (Brondby, Denmark) and Flemming Lassen Nielsen (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for coverslipping a sample on a slide employ a coverslip tape. The systems and methods can reduce or eliminate the use of xylene and other toxic solvents for coverslipping."

The patent was filed on June 11, ...