ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,804, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Theia Scientific LLC (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for multi-modal microscopy" was invented by Christopher Field (Arlington, Va.) and Kevin Field (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for processing multi-modal microscopy imaging data on small-scale computer architecture which avoids restrictive manufacturer data formats and APIs. The system and method leverage a web-based application made available to microscopy instrument control hardware by which direct visual output of the control hardware is captured and transmitted to an edge computing device for proces...