ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,934, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Thermo Electron LED GmbH (Langenselbold, Germany).

"Shaking platform having an adjustable holding device for container fastening, holding device and laboratory shaking device" was invented by Norman Ballhause (Osterode, Germany) and Mike Armbrecht (Osterode, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a shaking platform for a laboratory shaking device having an adjustable holding device for fastening at least one container, the shaking platform having a length and a width, and the holding device comprising: a base plate having a fastening device for fastening the hol...