ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,188, issued on March 3, was assigned to Aligned Genetics Inc. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Analyte collecting device, and analyte collecting method and analyte inspection system using same" was invented by Ghun Koh (Anyang-si, South Korea), Su-Bong Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Yeoncheol Jung (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to an analyte collecting device, an analyte collecting method and an analyte inspection system using the same. In one aspect, the device includes a case including an opening and an internal space. The device may also include a piston including one or more partition ...