ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,504, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Sartorius Liquid Handling oy (Helsinki).

"Holder, a set of parts, and a method of manipulating holders of laboratory consumables" was invented by Tuomas Kuitunen (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an example aspect of the present invention. there is provided a holder for disposable pipette tips, the holder comprising: two pairs of opposing lateral sidewalls, each sidewall comprises an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper edge and a lower edge, and two lateral edges; the sidewalls are joined to each other via their lateral edges; a plate comprising a matrix of openings, c...