ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,813, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Thermo Electron LED GmbH (Langenselbold, Germany).
"Holding clamp for holding an angular bottle on a shaking platform of a 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: "A holding clamp for holding an angular bottle with flat side surfaces on a shaking platform of a laboratory shaking device, comprising a base plate having a fastening device for fastening the holding clamp on the shaking platform, at least two holding arms which protrude from the base plate and which form a vessel receiving spa...