ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,219, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. (Indianapolis).

"Laboratory system" was invented by Javier Lira Rueda (Abrera, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is presented. The method comprises establishing, by a communication module, a connection between an instrument data processing module and a laboratory management module via a network; identifying, by a protocol identification module, an instrument communication protocol supported by the instrument data processing module and a laboratory management module communication protocol supported by the laboratory management module; and transmittin...