US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Dec. 30 for "Microorganism culture apparatus and microorganism culture method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,656, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Microorganism culture apparatus and microorganism culture method" was invented by Masachika Takata (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hirofumi Sunahara (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshiteru Aoi (Higashihiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microorganism culture apparatus includes a three-layer stacked structure having a layered culture unit (1) that cultures a microorganism, a layered nutrient supply unit (2) that is arranged on a first surface (11) of the culture unit (1) and supplies a nutrient to the culture unit (1), and a layered environmental ...