Microscope slide coverslip and uses thereof

A method of processing a microscope slide, comprising:

• providing a microscope slide assembly comprising a microscope slide and a microscope slide coverslip disposed thereon, the microscope slide having at least one primary indicium thereon, and having a biological sample disposed on an upper surface of the microscope slide, wherein the biological sample has been subjected to a treatment step, and wherein the at least one primary indicium on the microscope slide represents primary information which is associated with the biological sample on the microscope slide, and wherein the microscope slide coverslip is secured to the upper surface of the microscope slide in a position over the biological sample, and wherein the microscope slide coverslip has at least one secondary indicium thereon;
• electronically recording the at least one secondary indicium of the microscope slide coverslip;
• and
• electronically associating secondary information with the electronically recorded at least one secondary indicium of the microscope slide coverslip.

A method of processing a microscope slide disposed on a microscope, comprising:

• providing a microscope slide assembly comprising a microscope slide and a microscope slide coverslip disposed thereon, the microscope slide having at least one primary indicium thereon, and having a biological sample disposed on an upper surface of the microscope slide, wherein the biological sample has been subjected to a treatment step, and wherein the at least one primary indicium on the microscope slide represents primary information which is associated with the biological sample on the microscope slide, and wherein the microscope slide coverslip is secured to the upper surface of the microscope slide in a position over the biological sample, and wherein at least one of the microscope slide and the microscope slide coverslip has a coating which is developable by photoactivation and is transparent or invisible and wherein when at least a portion of the coating is exposed to a photoactivating wavelength, the exposed portion is formed into a mark thereon which is distinguishable from an unexposed portion of the coating;
• disposing the microscope slide assembly on the microscope;
• and
• exposing the microscope slide and/or the microscope slide coverslip to the photoactivating wavelength such that the mark is formed in the exposed portion of the coating, wherein the mark is formed on a portion of the microscope slide coverslip or on a portion of the microscope slide immediately beneath the microscope slide coverslip, and wherein the photoactivating wavelength is provided through a lens or objective of the microscope upon which the microscope slide is disposed.