US Patent Issued to BioNex Solutions on Oct. 7 for "Automated in-place weighing of vials in tube racks" (California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,022, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BioNex Solutions Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Automated in-place weighing of vials in tube racks" was invented by David K. Matsumoto (San Jose, Calif.), Eric James Rollins (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Thomas Patrick Grimley (South Bend, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for weighing containers comprises a stage configured to support a receptacle for securing one or more containers and a singulation post comprising a vertical element positioned below the stage. The singulation post is aligned with and configured to displace a single one of the containers within the receptacle in an upward v...