ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,037, issued on July 15, was assigned to DXCOVER Ltd. (Glasgow, Great Britain).
"IR spectroscope cell culture analysis" was invented by Mark Hegarty (Glasgow, Great Britain), Matthew J. Baker (Glasgow, Great Britain) and Holly Butler (Glasgow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detection of a status of cells within a cell culture is described. The method is based on comparing an IR spectrum of a test sample obtained from the cell culture with an IR spectrum of a control sample or samples or with an IR spectrum of a sample or samples obtained at an earlier time point in the cell culture and correlating differences...