ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,713, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).
"Door for a laboratory workstation" was invented by Roland Fischer (Hinwil ZH, Switzerland), Andre Haefelfinger (Oberneunforn, Switzerland) and Antono Djojoatmodjo (Bauma, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door for a laboratory workstation is disclosed. The laboratory workstation has a horizontally extending work surface for providing a working area. The door is movable in relation to the work surface in a vertical direction perpendicular to the work surface between a safety position, in which the door closes the working area for manual access...