US Patent Issued to BD KIESTRA on June 17 for "Method and system for automated microbial colony counting from streaked sample on plated media" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,277, issued on June 17, was assigned to BD KIESTRA B.V. (Drachten, Netherlands).

"Method and system for automated microbial colony counting from streaked sample on plated media" was invented by Timothy M. Wiles (Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.) and Raphael R. Marcelpoil (Corenc, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given...