US Patent Issued to TECAN TRADING on Sept. 30 for "Incubation cassette for receiving a microplate and microplate reader" (Austrian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,522, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

"Incubation cassette for receiving a microplate and microplate reader" was invented by Manfred Lansing (Salzburg, Austria), Tobias Sawetzki (Bischofswiesen, Germany) and Nicole Eggenhofer (Kuchl, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An incubation cassette is disclosed for reducing liquid evaporation from wells of a microplate. A frame has a central first opening surrounded by an inner wall having dimensions designed for the placement of a microplate therein and an outer wall which extends substantially parallel to the inner wall. The outer wall adj...