ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,017, issued on April 8, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Cell culture vessels with stabilizer devices" was invented by William Joseph Lacey (North Andover, Mass.), Gregory Roger Martin (Acton, Maine) and Allison Jean Tanner (Portsmouth, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture vessel includes a vessel body, support columns, and a stabilizer device. The vessel body defines a cell culture chamber enclosed between a bottom wall and a top wall. The support column is within the cell culture chamber and extends between the top wall and the bottom wall. The stabilizer device covers a width and length of the cell cult...