ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,925, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"System and method for fully integrated microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED)" was invented by Tamir Gonen (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated microcrystal electron diffraction system and method are provided that include an electron source, a sample assembly configured to retain a sample, a camera assembly, and a control system. The control system pre-screens the sample on the sample assembly, collects image data of the sample via the camera assembly, and outputs microcrystal electron diffraction data based...