ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,442, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"Method for fixing a thin-film material to a slide" was invented by Thomas Engel (Aalen, Germany), Gabriele Hornig (Furth, Germany), Gaby Marquardt (Hausen, Germany) and Daniela Seidel (Baiersdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for fixing a thin-film material to a flat surface of a slide for a microscopy apparatus, by means of a liquid. The method comprises: applying a quantity of liquid to the flat surface of the slide; applying the thin-film material to the surface of the slide, which is wetted a...