ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,928, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to THE DRUCKER COMPANY LLC (Port Matilda, Pa.).

"Centrifuge including rotor with recesses" was invented by Craig Stout (Port Matilda, Pa.), Christopher L. Ivory (State College, Pa.) and Thomas Mallison (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifuge including a rotor having at least one recess, at least one protrusion or a combination of the at least one recess or the at least one protrusion defining a concave arrangement, each of the at least one recess, the at least one protrusion or the combination of the at least one recess or the at least one protrusion adapted to receive a co...