ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,620, issued on July 7, was assigned to Azenta US Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Automated cryogenic storage and retrieval system" was invented by Lingchen Sun (Milford, Mass.), Bruce Zandi (Chelmsford, Mass.), Frank Hunt (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Aaron Plaisted (Chelmsford, Mass.), Tiffany Holmes (Chelmsford, Mass.), Matthew Albert (Hollis, N.H.), Fang Cui (Chelmsford, Mass.), Yuri Rubenchik (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Daniel Lamothe (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic storage system includes a transfer module configured to service one or more cryogenic storage freezers. The transfer module includes a working chamber that...