ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,555, issued on June 3, was assigned to HOSAN TECH Co. LTD. (Anseong-si, South Korea).

"Automatic sampling device and method" was invented by Chul Won Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an automatic sampling device and method and, more specifically, are an automatic sampling device and method which automatically remove a lid when collecting a sample in order to analyze the state of a chemical solution (medicinal fluid) and which automatically reverse a sample collection container so that the container can be used after being washed with ultrapure water, and thus the device prevents medicinal fluid conta...