US Patent Issued to TA Instruments-Waters on Dec. 2 for "Device for removal of excess material from a test sample" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,153, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TA Instruments-Waters LLC (New Castle, Del.).

"Device for removal of excess material from a test sample" was invented by Reginald Lee (West Chester, Pa.), Peter Foster (Avondale, Pa.), Alina Latshaw (Glen Mills, Pa.) and Sally Childears (Dover, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a device for removal of excess material from a test sample. The test sample may be used in an instrument for measurement of rheological and mechanical properties sample properties. The device includes a test geometry and a trimming ring. The test geometry includes a lower geometry and upper geometry each hav...