ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,368, issued on April 22, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Connected ecosystem for laboratory environment" was invented by John Wilfred Coddaire (Kennebunk, Maine), Maryanne De Chambeau (North Attleboro, Mass.), James Thomas Eickmann (Kennebunk, Maine), Paula Mary Flaherty (Tyngsborough, Mass.), Anthony Glenn Frutos (Painted Post, N.Y.), Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral (Painted Post, N.Y.), Angela Langer Julien (Painted Post, N.Y.), Marshall Jay Kosovsky (Northborough, Mass.), Brent Ravaughn Lanterman (Tewksbury, Mass.), Gregory Roger Martin (Acton, Maine), Christie Leigh McCarthy (Painted Post, N.Y.), John Forrest Roush (Pepperell, Mass.), John Shyu (Londonderry, N.H.), Tor...