Patents by Inventor Nicolas Sandeau

Nicolas Sandeau 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).

  • Interferometric confocal microscope
    Patent number: 8223343
    Abstract: The invention concerns a confocal microscope for imaging a sample comprising at least a light source, said microscope comprising at least an objective and a tube lens with an image focus, said microscope comprising interference means constructed to generate interference figures from said light source, characterized in that said interference means comprising first image generation means constructed to generate a first image of said light source, second image generation means constructed to generate a second image of said light source symmetrical to the first image relative to the image focus, image interference means constructed to make said first image and said second image interfere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS, Universite Paul Cezanne—Aix Marseille III
    Inventors: Hervé Rigneault, Nicolas Sandeau, Hugues Giovannini
  • INTERFEROMETRIC CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20090273791
    Abstract: The invention concerns a confocal microscope for imaging a sample comprising at least a light source, said microscope comprising at least an objective and a tube lens with an image focus, said microscope comprising interference means constructed to generate interference figures from said light source, characterized in that said interference means comprising first image generation means constructed to generate a first image of said light source, second image generation means constructed to generate a second image of said light source symmetrical to the first image relative to the image focus, image interference means constructed to make said first image and said second image interfere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Herve Rigneault, Nicolas Sandeau, Hugues Giovannini