US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech on Aug. 11 for "Microscope system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,707, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Microscope system" was invented by Nobuhiko Kanzaki (Tokyo) and Yuko Otani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Regarding a microscope system, a technique capable of suitably achieving a focusing on a surface of a sample is provided. The microscope system includes an irradiation optical system (laser light source 101 or the like) that irradiates a surface of a sample 3 on a stage 104 with light from an oblique direction, an observation optical system (camera 112 or the like) that forms an image of scattered light from the surface of the sample 3, a focus mecha...