US Patent Issued to GATAN on Feb. 17 for "Computer-assisted method for determining an element fraction of a determination element having a small atomic number, in particular a Li fraction, and corresponding device for processing data" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,840, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GATAN INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Computer-assisted method for determining an element fraction of a determination element having a small atomic number, in particular a Li fraction, and corresponding device for processing data" was invented by Johannes Osterreicher (Mattighofen, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-assisted method for determining an element fraction of a determination element, in particular with a small atomic number, especially lithium, of an examination region of a sample bombarded with primary electrons, wherein a backscattered electron signal, preferably a backs...