ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,429, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to AIRAMATRIX PRIVATE Ltd. (Thane, India).

"Methods and systems for automated counting and classifying colonies of microorganisms" was invented by Ameya Dilip Deshpande (Thane-West, India), Dinisha Suresh Kadam (Navi Mumbai, India) and Geetank Raipuria (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for automated counting and classifying microorganisms. A method disclosed herein includes receiving and analyzing quality of at least one input media of at least one incubated dish used for growth of the colonies of the microorganisms. The method further includes detecting the colonies ...