ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,180, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).
"Tip cup" was invented by Philipp Ott (Steg, Switzerland) and Adrian Sager (Mannedorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipette tip extension attachable to a pipette tip is disclosed. The pipette tip extension has a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The exterior wall has an outer side and an inner side and forms at the proximal end a reception aperture for inserting a pipette tip. The pipette tip extension also has a bottom at the distal end, an inner cavity enclosed by...