ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,794, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Microscopic observation method and microscopic observation device" was invented by Sheng-Li Chang (Zhubei, Taiwan), Chi Shen Chang (Zhubei, Taiwan) and Chih-Cheng Hsu (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscopic observation method configured to observe a specimen in a specimen carrier that includes the following steps: placing the specimen carrier at an observation point; obtaining a length of the specimen carrier along a movement direction, a thickness of the specimen carrier along an observation direction of a...