ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,058, issued on May 5, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"High-throughput spatial imaging system for biological samples" was invented by Ang Li (Santa Clara, Calif.), Joseph R. Johnson (Redwood City, Calif.), Jean Marc Fan Chung Tsang Min Ching (Bellevue, Wash.), Dan Xie (Pleasanton, Calif.), Stephen Hsiang (San Francisco) and Yun-Ching Chang (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system for capturing spatial images of biological tissue samples may include an imaging chamber configured to hold a biological tissue sample placed in the imaging system; a light source configured to illumina...