ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,389, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CTC ANALYTICS AG (Zwingen, Switzerland).
"Sample processing" was invented by Michele Rodoni (Courgevaux, Switzerland) and Melchior Zumbach (Lenzburg, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for automated processing of a sample using a first pipette tip container (110) having a first pipette tip comprises the steps of: removing the first pipette tip (160) from the first pipette tip container (110); feeding the sample into the first pipette tip container (110); processing the sample in the first pipette tip container (110). A rack (100) comprises at least one first pipette tip contain...