ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,203, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Instrument closure including sensor retainer" was invented by Patrick Matz (Host, Germany), Matthias Kamuf (Waldbronn, Germany), Manuel Van Venrooy (Waldbronn, Germany), Istvan Molnar (Host, Germany) and Tobias Anhaus (Host, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, an instrument closure may include an instrument closure retainer to retain the instrument closure onto a container. The instrument closure may further include a sensor retainer including a plurality of apertures for transfer or removal of material, respectively, into...