US Patent Issued to UPM-KYMMENE on March 25 for "Cell culture plate, method for preparing thereof and method for detecting a substance" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,547, issued on March 25, was assigned to UPM-KYMMENE Corp. (Helsinki).

"Cell culture plate, method for preparing thereof and method for detecting a substance" was invented by Markus Nuopponen (Helsinki), Lauri Paasonen (Jarvenpaa, Finland), Marika Mannerstrom (Turku, Finland), Tuula Heinonen (Espoo, Finland) and Tarja Toimela (Pirkkala, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture plate includes one or more cell culture well(s) including at least one barrier for dividing the well into at least two compartments, wherein the barrier includes nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel, and a method for the preparation thereof. A method ...