US Patent Issued to THERMO ELECTRON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS on Sept. 1 for "Methods and systems for aligning an optical instrument" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,917, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to THERMO ELECTRON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LLC (Madison, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for aligning an optical instrument" was invented by Francis J. Deck (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical steering mechanism and methods for using the same. One optical steering mechanism includes a first lens defining a first focal length having a first magnitude and a first polarity and a second lens defining a second focal length having a second magnitude and a second polarity. The first and second magnitudes are substantially equal and the first and second polarities are opposite, and wherein...