ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,315, issued on March 25, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic transducer holder, container, and analysis system using same" was invented by Toshimitsu Noguchi (Tokyo), Takuya Kambayashi (Tokyo), Akihiro Nojima (Tokyo) and Shunsuke Kono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic transducer holder, which is an embodiment, has a detachable container for containing a liquid sample, and transmits an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic transducer holder includes an ultrasonic transducer that emits an ultrasonic wave, and a protective layer that is fixed to the ultrasonic transducer and transmits the ultrasonic...