ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,632, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electrophoresis apparatus and method" was invented by Akira Harada (Kyoto, Japan), Akihiro Arai (Kyoto, Japan) and Hidesato Kumagai (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrophoresis apparatus includes a dilution unit, an electrophoresis unit, and a control device. The dilution unit dilutes a sample with dilution water. The electrophoresis unit analyzes the sample diluted by the dilution unit by electrophoresing the sample. The control device controls the dilution unit and the electrophoresis unit."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2022, under Applic...