ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,212, issued on March 25, was assigned to HIGHRES BIOSOLUTIONS INC. (Beverly, Mass.).
"Robotic processing system" was invented by Louis Guarracina (Newburyport, Mass.) and Ulysses Gilchrist (Reading, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated biological or chemical sample processing system includes a dock frame and at least one dock frame module. The dock frame includes at least one docking interface that operably couples and interfaces the dock frame with laboratory equipment. The dock frame defines a spine structure of the system alongside which a variable number of laboratory equipment are arrayed. The dock frame extends lo...