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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:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Guy G. Kennedy, Underhill, VT (US);
David M. Warshaw, S. Burlington, VT (US);
Inventors:
Guy G. Kennedy, Underhill, VT (US);
David M. Warshaw, S. Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 27/40 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for referencing an objective lens to a desired plane of focus. In one embodiment, a dichroic element is utilized to reflect energy of one or more wavelengths that has passed through an objective lens to a detector for determining a position of the objective lens to a desired plane of focus. The objective lens may be manually and/or automatically focused to the desired plane of focus.