ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,283, issued on July 14, was assigned to Klar Scientific Inc. (Pullman, Wash.).

"Spectroscopic microscope with changeable optics/components" was invented by Jesse Huso (Pullman, Wash.), Richard Saul Lytel (Pullman, Wash.), Matthew Douglas McCluskey (Pullman, Wash.) and Violet Mary Poole (Pullman, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular microscope can quickly be modified for specific scanning applications. The microscope includes a microscope main body which has slots into which long pass filter modules, dichroic mirror modules, notch filter modules, and LED modules can be selectively placed, removed, and changed out. In some ap...