US Patent Issued to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME on Oct. 6 for "Method for producing a section ribbon from a sample block using a microtome, method for preparing a microscopic sample for examination in an electron microscope, microtome and embedding mould for use therein" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,106, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME GMBH (Vienna).

"Method for producing a section ribbon from a sample block using a microtome, method for preparing a microscopic sample for examination in an electron microscope, microtome and embedding mould for use therein" was invented by Robert Ranner (Vienna), Michael Zimmermann (Vienna) and Peer Oliver Kellermann (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a section ribbon from a sample block includes producing a first part ribbon of the section ribbon from a first surface region of the sample block using a microtome comprising a blade. The first part rib...