ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,148, issued on May 20, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Analysis system and analysis execution method" was invented by Keisuke Ogawa (Columbia, Md.), Andy Sasaki (Columbia, Md.), Kerry Hill (Columbia, Md.) and Timothy Lee (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analysis system is used to together with a sample supplier that supplies a sample, a detector that detects a sample and a display, and includes a plurality of channels arranged in parallel with one another and a display controller that causes a display to display a control screen in regard to control of the plurality of channels. Each channel includes a...