ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,641, issued on May 27, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Method of operating an analytical laboratory" was invented by Christopher Schofield (Rotkreuz, Switzerland), Daniel Arnold (Merenschwand, Switzerland), Moritz von Hopffgarten (Heidelberg, Germany), Werner Smit (Hagendorn, Switzerland), Chye Yin Priscillia Tan (Ibach, Switzerland), Florian Reinhard Rauscher (Rotkreuz, Switzerland), Angelos Chotzidis (Stuttgart, Germany) and Carlos Fernandes Gulias (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an analytical laboratory is disclosed. The method comprises receiving and identi...