US Patent Issued to FEI on April 14 for "Smart sample container for complex sample evaluation workflows" (Dutch, Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,752, issued on April 14, was assigned to FEI Co. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Smart sample container for complex sample evaluation workflows" was invented by Remco Schoenmakers (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Engelbertus van Willigen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Reinier Perquin (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Pepijn Kramer (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Egbert Algra (Eindhoven, Netherlands), James Mccormack (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Trond K Varslot (Vuku, Norway) and Faruk Caglar (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for using smart sample containers to manage complex sample evaluation workflows, are disclosed. An example me...