ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,107, issued on June 3, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for detecting a cell event" was invented by Cedric Allier (Grenoble, France), Dorothee Kramer (Grenoble, France) and Lionel Herve (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for detecting or predicting the occurrence of a cell event, selected from between cell division or cell death, in a sample (10), the sample extending in at least one sample plane (P10) and comprising cells (10p) immersed in a medium, the method comprising the following steps: a) arranging the sample between a light source (11) and an i...