ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,973, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD (Crumlin, Great Britain).

"Pipette tip carrier assembly" was invented by Proinnsias McGleenan (Crumlin, Great Britain), P Evans (Crumlin, Great Britain), Stuart Jackson (Crumlin, Great Britain), Martin Reid (Crumlin, Great Britain) and Peter Fitzgerald (Crumlin, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipette tip carrier assembly suitable for storing elongate pipette tips in a biochemical analyser is described. The pipette tip carrier assembly comprises one or more holding elements each adapted to hold, in use, a respective pipette tip oriented such that the elong...