ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,376, issued on May 27, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Pipette tip tray and rack assembly" was invented by William Joseph Lacey (North Andover, Mass.) and Paul Kevin Seeto (Clinton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations of a pipette tip system are disclosed having a number of innovative features. In one implementation, a pipette tip tray includes a support plate and one or more sleeves extending downward from the bottom of the support plate. The sleeves can be configured to increase the stability of pipette tips stored in the tray. In another implementation, a pipette tip rack includes a rack bas...