ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,943, issued on July 15, was assigned to University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (Athens, Ga.).

"Collection and separation systems and methods of use thereof and isotope analysis systems and methods of use thereof" was invented by Thomas Ronald Maddox (Athens, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Collection and separation systems, collection and separation methods, isotope analysis systems, methods of processing samples to analyze 15N, 13C, and 34S, and the like are provided. A system that includes a collection system in gaseous communication with a first device, wherein the collection system is configured to isolate two or more ...