US Patent Issued to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME, LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS on April 21 for "Sample holder, loading device, and method for inserting a sample into a sample holder" (Austrian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,267, issued on April 21, was assigned to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME GMBH (Vienna) and LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).

"Sample holder, loading device, and method for inserting a sample into a sample holder" was invented by Thomas Pfeifer (Vienna), Heinz Plank (Vienna), Miriam Weller (Wetzlar, Germany), Konrad Winkler (Vienna) and Rainer Wogritsch (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder includes a main component comprising a first surface area, and a retaining mechanism comprising a holding component. The retaining mechanism is configured to retain a sample between the holding component of the retaining mechanis...