ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,320, issued on March 11, was assigned to Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH (Nussloch, Germany).

"Cassette and embedding method using same" was invented by Zhongqiu Li (Shanghai), Jue Chen (Shanghai), Xufeng Yu (Shanghai) and Ying Xie (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cassette and an embedding method using the same are provided. The cassette includes: a frame including an accommodating member, the accommodating member defining an accommodating chamber and configured to accommodate the tissue in the accommodating chamber, the accommodating chamber having a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other; a first holder...