ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,277, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to EIDGENOSSISCHE ANSTALT FUR WASSERVERSORGUNG, ABWASSERREINIGUNG UND GEWASSERSCHUTZ, EAWAG (Dubendorf, Switzerland).

"Device and method for producing individually processed fluid samples" was invented by Frederik Hammes (Bonstetten, Switzerland) and Hans-Ulrich Weilenmann (Winterthur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a continuous fluid sample processing device for producing individually processed fluid samples and a method for producing individually processed fluid samples. Moreover, the invention also relates to the use of the device in correspond...