ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,020, issued on June 10, was assigned to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Analytical system with accurate positioning of multiwell plates" was invented by Lukas Dysli (Aarau, Switzerland) and Christian Thalmann (Kehrsiten, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an analytical system with at least three components: a multiwell plate on which the wells are included in an optically transparent area; a frame holding the multiwell plate close to its edge while permitting the plate a certain extent of freedom of movement; a baseplate to which the multiwell plate, but not the frame is f...