US Patent Issued to Amgen on Feb. 18 for "Apparatus for resolving imaging problems caused by the meniscus" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,777, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Apparatus for resolving imaging problems caused by the meniscus" was invented by Graham F. Milne (Ventura, Calif.) and Tony Y. Wang (League City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well plate cover includes a base defining a base plane, and a plurality of insertion elements. At least a portion of each of the insertion elements is transparent. Each of the insertion elements is coupled to the base, and extends, in a direction orthogonal to the base plane, from the base to a distal end surface of the insertion element. The distal end surface of each of the ...