ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,747, issued on July 8, was assigned to Immundiagnostik AG (Bensheim, Germany).

"System for analyzing quantitative lateral flow chromatography" was invented by Franz Paul Armbruster (Bensheim, Germany), Felix Walzer (Bensheim, Germany) and Ben John (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analyte testing system for quantifying the presence of an analyte in a speciment by lateral flow chromatography. The system comprises a test cassette (10) with a lateral flow chromatography and a mobile hand-held processor device (16) comprising a digital camera (16a), a source of light (16b) and a processor (16c), which software and hardw...