ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,335, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Preparative chromatograph system" was invented by Michiaki Owa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preparative chromatograph system includes a sample injector that injects a sample into a separation flow path (8) through which a mobile phase flows, a separation column that is provided on the separation flow path and is to separate a sample injected into the separation flow path into components, a detector that is provided at a position farther downstream than the separation column on the separation flow path and is to detect sample components obtained ...