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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.:

US 12435574 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2024

Method of handling slides

Applicant:

Mikroscan Technologies, Vista, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Ross Gray, San Diego, CA (US);

James Clail Crowe, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

Mikroscan Technologies, Vista, CA (US);

Attorney:

Straylight LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jyoti Nagpaul

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 1/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); E21B 10/46 (2006.01); E21B 10/52 (2006.01); E21B 10/55 (2006.01); E21B 10/56 (2006.01); E21B 10/573 (2006.01); E21B 10/62 (2006.01); E21B 10/633 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01); G02B 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/46 (2013.01); B01L 9/52 (2013.01); E21B 10/52 (2013.01); E21B 10/55 (2013.01); E21B 10/56 (2013.01); E21B 10/573 (2013.01); E21B 10/62 (2013.01); E21B 10/633 (2013.01); G01N 35/00029 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01); G02B 21/34 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0822 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00039 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00138 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of positioning a slide for examination is disclosed. The method includes the steps of placing the slide in a carrier configured to retain the slide, placing the carrier in a cartridge configured to accept the carrier, coupling the cartridge to a microscope, and activating the microscope to automatically extract the carrier from the cartridge and position the carrier such that a portion of the slide is disposed within a field of view (FOV) of the microscope.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gray, Jeffrey. (2025). Method of handling slides (U.S. Patent No. 12435574). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12435574

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