US Patent Issued to SYSMEX on May 5 for "Oil removal method, oil remover, transporter, and testing system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,754, issued on May 5, was assigned to SYSMEX Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Oil removal method, oil remover, transporter, and testing system" was invented by Naoshi Takara (Kobe, Japan) and Mitsuo Yamasaki (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil removal method is disclosed that removes an oil for an oil immersion object lens adhering to a smear surface of a smear of a sample. The method may include removing the oil by moving at least one of a first holder holding the smear to be subjected to oil removal or a second holder holding an oil absorption member that absorbs the oil from a separated state where a contact surface of the oil a...