ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,634, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Mikroscan Technologies (Vista, Calif.).

"Microscope illuminator" was invented by Jeffrey Ross Gray (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope is disclosed that has a base, a slide holder configured to accept a slide, and an illuminator comprising a light-emitting surface configured to project light on an optical path toward the slide when the slide is accepted by the slide holder. There is no light-shaping apparatus disposed on the optical path between the illuminator and the slide holder."

The patent was filed on Jan. 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/408,428.

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