Patents by Inventor Antonio Virgilio Failla

Antonio Virgilio Failla has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Far field light microscopical method, system and computer program product for analysing at least one object having a subwavelength size
    Patent number: 7298461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a far field light microscopical method, respectively a system and a computer program product for analysing at least one object having a subwavelength size in at least one spatial direction to obtain spatial information of the object, in particular size and topology thereof, comprising the steps of:—labelling the object(s) with one or more suitable optical markers;—providing suitably structured illumination light to at least partially illuminate the object(s);—subjecting the object(s) to the structured illumination light;—detecting an optical response of the object(s);—obtaining the spatial information of the object(s) by comparing the obtained response with simulation data of an optical response of object(s) having known spatial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat
    Inventors: Christoph Cremer, Antonio Virgilio Failla, Benno Albrecht
  • Far field light microscopical method system and computer program product for analysing at least one object having a subwavelength size
    Publication number: 20050059681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a far field light microscopical method, respectively a system and a computer program product for analysing at least one object having a subwavelength size in at least one spatial direction to obtain spatial information of the object, in particular size and topology thereof, comprising the steps of:—labelling the object(s) with one or more suitable optical markers;—providing suitably structured illumination light to at least partially illuminate the object(s);—subjecting the object(s) to the structured illumination light;—detecting an optical response of the object(s);—obtaining the spatial information of the object(s) by comparing the obtained response with simulation data of an optical response of object(s) having known spatial information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Cremer, Antonio Virgilio Failla, Benno Albrecht