ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,940, issued on July 14, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Flow-cell assembly including a modular flow-cell unit" was invented by Edis Loveless (Bristol, Great Britain), Benjamin Carr (Stroud, Great Britain) and Jack Coughlan (Gloucester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular flow-cell unit includes a mechanical fixing interface configured for receiving a further modular flow-cell unit and also includes a fluid interface configured for receiving fluid from the further modular flow-cell unit or for transferring fluid to the further modular flow-cell unit. The modular flow-cell unit is configured to ...