ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,665, issued on May 26, was assigned to TILL I.D. GMBH (Planegg, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for confocal observation of a sample" was invented by Andreas Deeg (Weyarn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for confocal observation of a sample comprises at least one disk-like body, wherein the at least one disk-like body comprises on a first side a plurality of micro-optical elements and on a second side a correspondingly arranged pinhole pattern formed by a plurality of pinholes, wherein the plurality of micro-optical elements arranged on the first side comprise a convex, dichroically coated front surface, wherein for ex...