ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,097, issued on June 2, was assigned to IMV TECHNOLOGIES (Saint Ouen sur Iton, France).

"Support for analysing by microscope a liquid-based biological substance and system comprising such a support and a microscope" was invented by Agnes Camus (Sainte Gauburge Sainte Colombe, France) and Eric Schmitt (Villaines-la-Juhel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The support comprises an object-carrying slide (11) and a cover glass (12) secured by lines of adhesive (13) peripherally defining individual compartments (14) for receiving a sample of the biological substance; characterised in that the upper face (17) of the object-carrying slide...