ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,672, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CURIOSIS Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vessel holder fixed with conical screw" was invented by Sung Eun An (Incheon, South Korea) and Bong Woo Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vessel holder fixed with a conical screw for use in a biological microscope or the like, and more particularly, to an improved vessel holder fixed with a conical screw to be accurately fixed to a reference side without a change in position with respect to impact vibration while allowing the vessel holders to be closely attached to an upper surface of the stage with...