United States Patent Office Affirms Hamamatsu Photonics’ Pioneering Patent in Digital Pathology

United States Patent Office Affirms Hamamatsu Photonics’ Pioneering Patent in Digital Pathology
HAMAMATSU, Japan, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (HPK) is pleased to announce that is has been awarded Reissue Patent No. 42,220 (“RE42,220″), confirming the patentability of its original Patent 6,847,729, a pioneering patent directed to slide scanning with remote viewing. This patent is for the essential mechanism whereby a microscope slide is scanned and then digitized …