ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,970, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sartorius Automated Lab Solutions GmbH (Jena, Germany).

"Sample vessel having a cavity for accommodating a sample" was invented by Jens Eberhardt (Gera, Germany), Constantin Nelep (Clamart, France) and Gerd Bornmann (Weimar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a sample vessel including a cavity for accommodating a sample, a first opening for introducing the sample and a bottom opposite the first opening as well as at least one additional opening of the cavity. According to the disclosure, the at least one additional opening opens toward the outside of the cavity on ...