ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,234, issued on April 22, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Integrated aseptic system and method of making the same" was invented by Nicholas Coscia (Lexington, Mass.), Muhammad Siddiqui (Arlington, Mass.) and Tate Vangsgard (Oakdale, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag assembly that includes a bag portion having first and second walls defining an interior and an opening. The interior is formed by the first and second walls of the bag portion being attached to each other along at least a portion of a perimeter of the bag assembly up to one end of the bag portion. Portions of the first and second walls of the bag...