ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,190, issued on May 20, was assigned to Meso Scale Technologies LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Assay apparatuses, methods and reagents" was invented by Charles M. Clinton (Clarksburg, Md.), Eli N. Glezer (Chevy Chase, Md.), Bandele Jeffrey-Coker (Darnestown, Md.), Sandor L. Kovacs (Middletown, Md.), Sudeep M. Kumar (Gaithersburg, Md.), George Sigal (Rockville, Md.), Carl Stevens (Silver Spring, Md.) and Michael Vock (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated...