ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,874, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH (Goettingen, Germany).

"Shortfall quantity liquid container" was invented by Mario Deuse (Bovenden, Germany) and Bastian Deubener (Kassel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small-volume liquid container for dispensing a liquid medium, especially biological medium, into a bioprocessing system, especially into a bioreactor, wherein the liquid container provides an accommodation volume for the liquid medium, wherein the liquid container comprises two dimensionally stable container parts, which are movable relative to one another between an initial position and ...