ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,211, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Norell Inc..

"Closure and system for NMR sample containers" was invented by Gregory B. Norell (Morganton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selectively removable closure for closing the open end of an NMR sample tube having an open end and a closed end of the invention includes a cylindrical proximal first and a distal second portion, both portions substantially congruent to a central axis, the second portion has a hollow bore extending therethrough, the hollow bore has: a first and a second distal section, a central section and a proximal section. The first distal section has an inside diame...