ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,614, issued on April 29, was assigned to Bruker Cellular Analysis Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).
"Well plate incubator" was invented by Russell A. Newstrom (Alameda, Calif.), Andrew W. McFarland (Berkeley, Calif.), Darcy K. Kelly-Greene (Pleasanton, Calif.), J. Tanner Nevill (El Cerrito, Calif.) and Gang F. Wang (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Incubators including an enclosure with an internal chamber configured to support a cell culture plate comprising a plurality of wells are disclosed. The enclosure includes a plurality of openings configured to allow access to the wells. The incubators include a sealing element ...