US Patent Issued to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 16 for "Thermal cycler systems and methods of use" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,186, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Thermal cycler systems and methods of use" was invented by Zeqi Tan (Singapore), Wuh Ken Loh (Singapore), Siew Yin Lee (Singapore) and Kuan Moon (Bernard) Boo (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal cycler system comprises a sample block configured to receive a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples; an adaptor configured to surround a periphery of the sample block; and a drip pan configured to surround a periphery of the adaptor. The drip pan comprises one or more ejector mechanisms and one or more openings, the one...