ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,970, issued on July 7, was assigned to IDEA MACHINE DEVELOPMENT DESIGN & PRODUCTION LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Microscopy system and method using an immersion liquid" was invented by Shlomo Turgeman (Rishon Letzion, Israel), Eitan Sheffer (Ramat Gan, Israel), Yael Paran (Moshav Beit Oved, Israel), Shimon Weitzhandler (Raanana, Israel), Ephraim Schwartz (Jerusalem) and Alon Atzei-Pri (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a microscopy device capable of (i) moving a liquid immersion objective lens to a location where liquid, such as an oil or water, can be applied to the liquid immersion objective lens, and ...