ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,480, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to BIOTIX INC. (San Diego).
"Method for dispensing fluid" was invented by Scott E. Curry (Carlsbad, Calif.), Arta Motadel (San Diego) and Peter Paul Blaszcak (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in part herein are static-defeating apparatus for use in multipipettor systems. Multiple pipette tips can be retained by a static-defeating sheet of material. A multipipettor, having multiple pipettes or nozzles, can engage the pipette tips retained by the sheet. After use, the multipipettor can eject the pipette tips, which sometimes are ejected as a single unit due to the pipette tips being...