ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,586, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Microplate for containing a plurality of samples" was invented by Soeren Alsheimer (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microplate for containing a plurality of samples includes a plurality of sample cavities, each sample cavity including at least one dividing element which divides the sample cavity into at least a donor compartment and a receiver compartment. The dividing element is configured to contain one of the samples within one of the donor or receiver compartments when the microplate is in a first orientation. The ...