US Patent Issued to Beckman Coulter on Aug. 4 for "Thermo-cycler for robotic liquid handling system" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,620, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Beckman Coulter Inc. (Brea, Calif.).

"Thermo-cycler for robotic liquid handling system" was invented by Matthew S. Davis (Indianapolis), Kristina K. Lu (Indianapolis), Rachel Ellen Moschell (Carmel, Ind.), Peter Robert Nei (Brownsburg, Ind.), Mark F. Sauerburger (Zionsville, Ind.), Zachary M. Smith (Avon, Ind.), John S. Snider (Brownsburg, Ind.) and Jason L. Springston (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reaction vessel comprises a lower chamber with a first volume, and an upper chamber with a second volume greater than the first volume. A thermocycling system for heating the reaction ...