ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,382, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Tray and destructive analysis automation apparatus including the same" was invented by Youn Gon Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ji Hun Kim (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Sae Yun Ko (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gil Ho Gu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Su Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Eun Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ho Chan Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Sil Jeong (Incheon, South Korea) and Seong Pyo Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a tray including a plate including a first region and a second regio...