ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,245, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, Canada).
"Well plate for imaging" was invented by Hongshen Ma (Vancouver, Canada) and Samuel Guy Berryman (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the invention provides a well plate. The well plate may comprise a substrate, a primary structure attached to a first side of the substrate and a light absorbent secondary structure attached to the first side of the substrate. The primary structure may comprise a plurality of walls wherein the plurality of walls and the substrate together define a plurality of wells. The secondary st...