ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,675, issued on July 8, was assigned to Truvian Sciences Inc. (San Diego).

"Systems and methods for drying reagents in multiwell plates" was invented by Jeffrey A. Hawkins (San Diego), Mark Scheble (San Diego), Mohammad Sotoudeh (San Diego) and Brian Fernandez (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a device for multianalyte detection, and systems and methods for drying reagents in wells in the device in a manner that preserves functional performance. Specifically, disclosed is a system for drying reagents in the wells of a multiwell plate. The multiwell plate is sprayed with air from nozzles positioned above the ...