ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,453, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Photoacoustic cuvette platform" was invented by Barbara Smith (Tempe, Ariz.), Ethan Marschall (Queen Creek, Ariz.) and Christopher Miranda (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to a cuvette platform including a body having a base and at least one cuvette mounting surface positioned above and parallel to the base and comprising at least one of side retainers and corner retainers configured to retain a cuvette, at least one peripheral mounting surface extending upward...