ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,106, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ZHEJIANG ORIENT GENE BIOTECH Co. LTD (Anji Huzhou, China).

"Device for collecting test specimen" was invented by Jianqiu Fang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a device for collecting a fluid specimen. The device comprises a water-absorbing end part formed by bonding a first porous water-absorbing film and a second porous water-absorbing film. Preferably, the second porous water-absorbing film and the first porous water-absorbing film are sponge films."

The patent was filed on May 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/748,769.

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