ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,267, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shanxi University (Taiyuan, China).
"Microscopic confocal fluorescence spectrometer" was invented by Yongming Fu (Taiyuan, China), Miao Yue (Taiyuan, China), Jie Ma (Taiyuan, China), Zeqian Ren (Taiyuan, China) and Peng Chen (Taiyuan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscopic confocal fluorescence spectrometer is provided. The microscopic confocal fluorescence spectrometer includes an optical system and an instrument body. By adopting an open microscopic fluorescence light path, a lens body part of an existing spectrometer microscope is omitted, so that the space behind an objective le...