ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,723, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

"Temperature equalizing plate for a microplate reader and microplate reader with such a temperature equalizing plate" was invented by Waltraud Lamprecht (Fuschl am See, Austria), Manfred Lansing (Salzburg, Austria), Josef Grassl (Schonau am Konigssee, Germany) and Tobias Sawetzki (Bischofswiesen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature equalizing plate (1) for a micro plate reader (4), onto which temperature equalizing plate (1) a microplate with wells can be removably arranged, the temperature equalizing plate (1) having a plate-shaped bo...