US Patent Issued to Nanyang Technological University on Feb. 17 for "Method and apparatus for determining crystallographic orientation on crystalline surfaces" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,827, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).

"Method and apparatus for determining crystallographic orientation on crystalline surfaces" was invented by Bernard Daniel Gaskey (Singapore), Ludwig Hendl (Singapore) and Matteo Seita (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining 3D crystallographic orientation on a crystalline surface of a sample. The method includes directing a beam of collimated light at a predetermined angle of incidence, wherein reflections from the crystalline surface are projected onto an image sensing unit positioned in a path of reflected light; obtaini...