ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,051, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Salus Discovery LLC (Madison, Wis.) and Flambeau Diagnostics LLC (Madison, Wis.).

"Stable interface systems and compositions" was invented by Dave Beebe (Monona, Wis.), Patrick McMinn (Madison, Wis.), Brianna Mullins (Deforest, Wis.) and Jay Warrick (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stabilized interface systems and compositions for positioning target(s), comprising fluids, associated structural material(s) having a pore that permits passage and positioning of targets and related compositions, and a fluid phase, layer, or interface stabilized with the associated structural material. ...