ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,941, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HighRes Biosolutions Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).

"Automatic assaying system and methods therefor" was invented by Ulysses Gilchrist (Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic assaying system having a multiplex pipette cartridge section in which pipette cartridges are docked. At least one pipette cartridge has a different pipetting characteristic from another corresponding pipette cartridge, the different pipetting characteristic being selectable from a number of different pipetting characteristics. A multiplexing work item holder has an array of work item holder docks that dock corr...