US Patent Issued to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville), Thermo Electron LED on July 29 for "Laboratory shaker with spill control" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,511, issued on July 29, was assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC (Asheville, N.C.) and Thermo Electron LED GmbH (Langenselbold, Germany).

"Laboratory shaker with spill control" was invented by Victor Shapiro (Oceanside, Calif.) and Martin Schwager (Sondershausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laboratory shaker is provided having a shaker platform and a shaker mechanism operatively connected to the shaker platform. The shaker mechanism is configured to oscillate the shaker platform and at least one liquid-containing vessel supported on the platform. A spill tray is located beneath the shaker platform that ha...