ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,826, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Device for vacuum-free removal of a nest from a tub, a system and a sterile chamber comprising such a device, and a method for vacuum-free removal of a nest from a tub" was invented by Markus Ilgenfritz (Feuchtwangen, Germany), Ulrich KrauB (Ilshofen, Germany), Stefan Nagler (Unterschneidheim, Germany) and Samuel Stegmeier (KreBberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) for vacuum-free removal of a nest (2) from a tub (3), a system (4) comprising a corresponding device (1), a sterile chamber in which a corresponding device (1) or a...