ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,725, issued on July 1, was assigned to STRATEC SE (Birkenfeld, Germany) and Instrumenation Laboratory Co. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Rack for automated analyzer" was invented by Ralf Wolf (Neuenburg, Germany), Christopher Almy Jr. (Bedford, Mass.), Joshua A Shreve (Bedford, Mass.), Candice Bell (Bedford, Mass.) and Benjamin E Newton (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack for automated analyser systems and provides a rack for automated analyser systems, the rack comprising a main body having an extended front side and a corresponding extended reverse side as well as at least two side walls defining at least one opening that is a...