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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2019
Applicant:
LA Trobe University, Melbourne, AU;
Inventors:
Brian Abbey, Melbourne, AU;
Eugeniu Balaur, Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, Melbourne, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/552 (2014.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G02B 21/06 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/34 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01N 21/553 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G01N 21/648 (2013.01); G02B 21/06 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 21/34 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0339 (2013.01); G01N 2021/258 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sample holder for use in an optical microscope is disclosed. The sample holder includes a plasmonic layer defining a periodic array of sub-micron structures wherein the periodic array of sub-micron structures comprise an array of separated plasmonic regions. The regions may be a circle, a torus, an ellipse, a cross, rectangle, square, line, strip. Methods of performing reflection and fluorescence microscopy using such a sample holder and other sample holders are also disclosed.