ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,782, issued on May 13, was assigned to Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Methods and devices for performing an analytical measurement" was invented by Bernhard Limburg (Soergenloch, Germany), Herbert Wieder (Lampertheim, Germany), Max Berg (Mannheim, Germany), Simon Wetzel (Mannheim, Germany), Daniel Sieffert (Mannheim, Germany), Fredrik Hailer (Mannheim, Germany), Christian Melchinger (Mannheim, Germany) and Zied Guermazi (Weinheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of evaluating the suitability of a mobile device for performing an analytical measurement based on a color formation reaction. The capability of th...