ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,791, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).

"Microplate assembly and method for transferring sample by means of a microplate assembly" was invented by Soeren Alsheimer (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microplate assembly for a plurality of samples includes a donor microplate having a plurality of sample donor cavities. The microplate assembly further includes a receiver microplate having a plurality of sample receiver cavities each sample receiver cavity having a transparent receiver bottom configured to enable microscopic imaging. In addition, the microplate ass...