ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,454, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments Inc. (Bohemia, N.Y.).
"Evaporative control lid for multi-well sample trays" was invented by Thang Ung (San Ramon, Calif.) and Colin Crawford (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover configured to reduce evaporation from a multi-well sample tray while permitting sampling of material housed in separate wells of the tray. The cover may directly engage the sample tray and move with the sample tray or the cover may be stationary while permitting movement of the sample tray relative to the cover."
The patent was filed on April 15, 2022, under Appli...