ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,106, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ASP HEALTH INC. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Benchtop instrument and consumables for sample deposition and staining" was invented by Hariharan Subramanian (Evanston, Ill.), John W. Hart (Evanston, Ill.), Tamara S. Swanson (Evanston, Ill.), Alexander L. Bluestone (Evanston, Ill.), Margaux Hayes (Box Hill, Australia), Michael Henning (Box Hill, Australia), Derek Gurban (Box Hill, Australia), Nicholas Booker (Box Hill, Australia), Nick Mouskos (Box Hill, Australia), Chester Henderson (Box Hill, Australia), Rebecca Bartel (Box Hill, Australia) and Matthew Turner (Box Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Off...