US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 19 for "Sampling platform apparatus" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,811, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Sampling platform apparatus" was invented by Patrick W. Fedick (Ridgecrest, Calif.), Hilary M. Brown (Chicago), Christopher C. Mulligan (Bloomington, Ill.) and Trevor J. McDaniel (Philadelphia, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments are directed to both sampling apparatuses and systems. Apparatus embodiments are directed to a sample collection apparatus having several receptacles configured to removably-hold sample collection devices. The sample collection devices are configured to hold a sampl...