ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,944, issued on March 18, was assigned to Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (Paris), Institut Pasteur (Paris), Universite Paris Cite (Paris) and Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris-Psychiatrie et Neurosciences (Paris).
"High-fidelity long-term storage of biological material" was invented by Maurice Chapellier (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Fabrice Chretien (Paris), Fabrice Piquemal (Le Barp, France), Pierre Rocheteau (Paris), Guillaume Warot (Modane, France) and Michel Zampaolo (Saint Ismier, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the long-term preservation of biological material. More ...