ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,313, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Mochii Inc. (Seattle).
"Coating of samples for microscopy" was invented by Christopher Su-Yan Own (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coater is provided for depositing a coating onto a sequence of samples to be analyzed in a microscope. The coater includes a process chamber to maintain a low-pressure vacuum or controlled gaseous environment at a deposition region inside the process chamber, a sample conveyor to support and convey samples through the deposition region, an evaporant supply to vaporize material from an evaporant source onto the samples at the deposition region, and a control...