ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,932, issued on March 24, was assigned to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Slide imaging apparatus and a method for imaging a slide" was invented by Konstantin Holl (Mannheim, Germany), Alexander Maier (Mannheim, Germany), Denny Osswald (Mannheim, Germany), Marc Rehberger (Mannheim, Germany), Bernardo Spring De Souza (Mannheim, Germany) and Michael Weiser (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide imaging apparatus includes: at least one first imaging device and at least one second imaging device, each configured to generate an image of a sample mounted on a slide; a storage device loadable with a pl...