ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,587, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Cellares Corp. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Bioreactors and methods of their use in automatic cell processing systems" was invented by Wayne E. Grout (Oakland, Calif.) and Wilson Wai Toy (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for automated cell processing within a cell processing system. In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a cartridge comprising a bioreactor module comprising a bioreactor, a first thermal compartment positioned adjacent the bioreactor, and a second thermal compartment positioned adjacent t...