ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,895, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Azenta Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Modular sample store" was invented by Johann Camenisch (Chur, Switzerland), Beat Reuteler (Butzberg, Switzerland), Mirko Hebenstreit (Steffisburg, Switzerland), Jurg Tanner (Muri, Switzerland) and Christian Cachelin (Zaziwil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular sample store including a storage area; a service area; a transfer area; a motorized robot with a lifting device and at least one platform; and a controller. The sample store service area includes one integrally formed cubic vat module and the sample store storage area includes at least one...