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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100031519 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE MARKING APPARATUS AND METHOD A detachable microscope pen mount for marking a microscope slide includes an attachment collar configured to secure to an objective lens, a lever secured to the attachment collar, a pen holder secured to the lever, and a pen secured to the pen holder and having a pen ti... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100025567 | Apparatus for imaging single molecules The present invention relates to apparatus for the imaging of single molecules.... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100027108 | CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPE A confocal laser microscope has at least one laser whose illumination light is transmitted in direction of the microscope objective by at least one light-conducting fiber. The light-conducting fiber can be plugged in at a housing which preferably comprises the scanning ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100027109 | IMMERSION OBJECTIVE, APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN IMMERSION FILM AND METHOD An immersion objective for microscopic investigation of a specimen is provided wherein an outer lens is disposed in an objective body. A delivery device including a cap that is disposed over the objective body so as to form a space adapted to receive an immersion liquid... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090316258 | DUAL EMISSION MICROSCOPE There is provided a microscope device comprising: means for creating a collimated beam of light collected from a sample and comprising at least a first spectral range and a second spectral range, means for separating the collimated beam into a first beam containing a hi... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090316257 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME The microscope system comprises: an imaging apparatus used for picking up an image of a specimen; an electric unit; a control apparatus for controlling turning On and Off of the power supply to the electric unit; a storage apparatus storing the initialization requiremen... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090296203 | MICROSCOPE OBSERVATION SYSTEM This is a microscope observation system comprising a microscope, a camera unit, a light-amount adjustment unit for controlling adjustment parts included the microscope in order to suppress the amount of reflected light of a specimen image formed on the camera unit, a ca... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090268283 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY PAD SAMPLE HOLDER AND METHOD OF HAND USING THE SAME The present invention is a sample holder for confocal microscopy of CMP pad samples cut or otherwise removed from either new or used CMP pads that maintains a uniform load and pressure over the part of the sample visible to the confocal microscope by placing the pad beh... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090244698 | MICROSCOPE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO COMPONENTS A microscope comprising at least two components is suggested, wherein each of the at least two components comprises at least one trigger interface, and each of the at least one interfaces is configurable at least as an input and an output. Further, a microscopy method u... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090236522 | Optical zoom system for a light scanning electron microscope For a confocal scanning electron microscope (1) an optical zoom system (41) with linear scanning is provided, which not only makes a zoom function possible, in that a variable magnification of an image is possible, but rather which additionally produces a ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090219611 | DEVICE AND METHOD An article includes an optical device. The optical device includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes an optically active material that responds to an external stimulus that affects a refractive index of at least a portion of the first lens. A metho... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090213457 | Illumination Device for a Microscope An illumination device for a microscope has a variable working distance (d, d′), at which an object is illuminated obliquely from two different directions. Light from a light source is split into at least two illumination beam paths. In order to adapt to the different... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090212242 | Microscope System and VS Image Production and Program Thereof A whole specimen image generated in the bright view field observation method is displayed, and arbitrary domains are designated. And the fluorescence VS image of each object of interest is generated by acquiring the shape of microscopic image for every small block which... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090201579 | Microscope device and resolution method of microscope image To provide a microscope device capable of resolving a microscopic pattern beyond optical resolution of the microscope device. A microscope device includes, an image sensor, an enlarging optical system forming a magnified image of at least p... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090201580 | Methods for implement microscopy and microscopic measurement as well as microscope and apparatus for implementing them The invention relates to a microscope that enables a phase object or surface pits and projections to be observed at a relatively low image-formation magnification of 4 or lower over a wide viewing range yet in a relatively narrow spatial frequency distribution ra... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090185035 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD USED FOR MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM A microscope system which is capable of changing observation states by driving various optical members and which includes a history record unit for recording history data related to a microscope operation history, a selection unit for selecting one or more microscope op... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090185267 | MICROSCOPE AND VIRTUAL SLIDE FORMING SYSTEM Providing a microscope capable of movably adjusting an observation field of a sample without moving the sample. The microscope includes a first objective lens, a second objective lens, a mirror, an angular adjustment mechanism, and a shift mechanism. The first objective... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090174935 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE HAVING COMPLEMENTARY, SERIAL SCANNERS Described is a scanning microscope that includes at least two scanners disposed in series within an excitation beam, wherein one of the scanners is a two-axis galvanometer-controlled scanner, and the other of the scanners is a single-axis resonant scanner. The device ma... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090168160 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLABLY SCANNING A CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMEN Methods and systems for scanning a cytological specimen carried by a slide. Movement or positioning of a motorized stage of an automated screening system may be controlled manually by a user such that the user controls movement, e.g., controlling speed, position, and/or... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090168161 | APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-HANDED CONTROL OF MICROSCOPE FUNCTIONS Apparatus for single-handed control of a microscope are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first controller, such as a first rotary controller, is configured for manipulation by a hand of a user to adjust a position of a microscope stage. Another controller, such as a seco... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090168155 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS Providing a microscope apparatus capable of observing phase variation of a phase object with sufficient contrast with a white light source having an area such as a halogen lamp and a mercury lamp commonly used in a microscope. A microscope apparatus 100 comprisin... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090161203 | Method and Configuration for the Optical Detection of an Illuminated Specimen A method and a configuration for the depth-resolved optical detection of a specimen, wherein a specimen or a part of the specimen is scanned by means of preferably linear illumination, the illumination of the specimen is periodically structured in the focus in at least ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090147354 | PROJECTION DEVICE FOR PATTERNED ILLUMINATION AND MICROSCOPY A projection and detector device that attaches externally to the photo-port of a conventional widefield microscope. The device includes a light source interface for receiving of illumination from a light source, the illumination defining an illumination path. A pattern ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090128897 | MICROSCOPE HAVING MULTIPLE IMAGE- OUTPUTTING DEVICES AND PROBING APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES USING THE SAME A microscope comprises an object splitter and a plurality of image-outputting devices configured to receive object images. The object splitter includes a first beam splitter configured to direct an illumination light to an object, a positive lens configured to collect a... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090116103 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS Providing a microscope apparatus including an optical mount member capable of supporting various optical devices even without a large amount of space. A base body 10 arranged on a mount surface 9a of a vibration isolation table 9 is provided ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090103173 | Microscopic-Measurement Apparatus A microscopic-measurement apparatus capable of conducting measurement successively in several set areas regardless of the type of stage driving system or the precision of the stage driving system. The microscopic-measurement apparatus for acquiring optical information f... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090073551 | ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED MICROSCOPE The present invention provides an electrically-operated microscope including an arrangement switching unit, a driving unit, an operation inputting unit, and a control unit. The arrangement switching unit holds a plurality of optical elements and switches an arrangement ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090059357 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND A MICROSCOPE An optical arrangement having an optical assembly (1) for generating an intermediate image (2) in a beam path is configured and further developed such that an optical element (3) having a plurality of optical waveguides (4) is arranged in the... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090059359 | SECONDARY LIGHT SOURCE A secondary light source is provided comprising a narrowband light source (11) that emits narrowband light as a primary light source, an optical waveguide (5) having a proximal and a distal end (9), a coupling-in device (13) that is arranged ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090046359 | Microscope A microscope, in the microscope for observing a sample cultured with a culture vessel, can automatically obtain information about growing conditions of the sample. For this purpose, the microscope is a microscope for observing a sample cultured with a culture vessel, an... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090034062 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE A confocal microscope apparatus is capable of obtaining a high confocal effect while detecting an image of a specimen line by line. The confocal microscope apparatus may include an illuminating optical system which illuminates a line-shaped area on a specimen plane in a... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090021826 | MICROSCOPE WITH AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY UNIT The invention is directed to a light microscope with an external power supply unit. The microscope according to the invention has a receptacle for the external power supply unit in which it can be fastened in a removable manner. This receptacle is advantageously formed ... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080310015 | MICROSCOPE AND PINCHING PREVENTION APPARATUS FOR A MICROSCOPE The present invention relates to a microscope (1). The microscope (1) comprises a microscope stand (3) and a component (8) arranged movably relative to the microscope stand (3). The microscope stand (3) and the movably arranged ... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080304142 | Movement Platform for Carrier With 5 Degrees of Freedom A movement platform provided with a carrier (2) and at least as three spaced apart clamping means (3), wherein the clamping means each clamp the carrier at a contact point (13) and at least one globular contact surface (14) of the carrier, wh... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080283722 | Autofocus Device and Microscope Using the Same A microscope apparatus 1A is formed with a CCD camera 30 that acquires an image of a sample S, a light guiding optical system 20 that guides an optical image of the sample S to the camera 30, an optical system driving section 25 that d... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080285122 | Accessory for Attenuated Total Internal Reflectance (Atr) Spectroscopy An accessory for use with a microscope arranged to carry out ATR measurements has a support (40) which can be mounted on the moveable stage of the microscope. A mounting (100) for an ATR crystal (106) is carried on the support. A sample supporting m... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080264568 | GREENSHEET VIA REPAIR/FILL TOOL A method and apparatus are provided for filling vias in a product greensheet and/or repairing vias in a product greensheet. The method and apparatus utilize a transfer greensheet having filled vias in a fixed array, which vias are punched into the product greensheet to ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080266656 | Microscope A microscope having a night vision apparatus, which apparatus can be impinged upon by beam paths proceeding from a specimen or object to be observed.... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080266654 | Extreme ultraviolet microscope An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) microscope configured to analyze a sample. The microscope includes a source of EUV radiation constructed and arranged to generate the EUV radiation with a wavelength at least in a range of about 2-6 nm, and an optical system constructed and ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080266658 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR CELL IMAGING A microscope system (10, 10′, 10″, 10′″) includes a laser (18) or light emitting diode (18″′) that generates source light having a non-uniform spatial distribution. An optical system includes an objective (40) defining a field of ... | 10/30/2008 |
