ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,915, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC (Secaucus, N.J.).

"System and method to store and dispense immunoassay" was invented by Silvino M. Ferreira (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inventory storage system including a container with an upper surface, a lower surface, a back wall and a front wall facing a width of the upper surface and the lower surface, a first removal slot disposed between the front wall and the lower surface, and a pair of sidewalls facing a length of the upper and lower surfaces. The container includes dividers defining one or more sections. The container includes...