US Patent Issued to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME on May 5 for "Method for generating a series of ultra-thin sections using an ultramicrotome, method for three-dimensional reconstruction of a microscopic sample, ultramicrotome system and computer program" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,750, issued on May 5, was assigned to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME GMBH (Vienna).

"Method for generating a series of ultra-thin sections using an ultramicrotome, method for three-dimensional reconstruction of a microscopic sample, ultramicrotome system and computer program" was invented by Robert Kirmse (Vienna), Robert Lange (Vienna), Peer Oliver Kellermann (Vienna), Robert Ranner (Vienna) and Mario Noessing (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a series of ultra-thin sections of a microscopic sample is provided. The method includes detaching the sections from the sample using an ultramicrotome. The sections detached fr...