ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,612, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan) and I PEACE INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Microscope observation system" was invented by Kazunori Ban (Yamanashi, Japan), Satoshi Kinoshita (Yamanashi, Japan), Koji Tanabe (Kyoto, Japan) and Ryoji Hiraide (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope observation system comprises a cell production device provided with a culture vessel in which cells or cell masses are cultured, a microscope device capable of observing an object including cells or cell masses, a conveying apparatus that conveys the microscope device to the cell production device, and an ope...