ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,032, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd (Sheffield, Great Britain).
"Solid support for sample collection" was invented by Peter James Tatnell (Cardiff, Great Britain) and Nina Moran (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to means for collection of biological samples. Specifically, the present invention provides a solid support for collection, storage and subsequent analysis of a biological sample as well as methods for use of the solid support of the invention and a kit comprising the solid support of the invention."
The patent was filed o...