ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,896, issued on May 26, was assigned to Clinical Design Technologies Ltd. (Devon, Great Britain).
"Apparatus for testing a liquid specimen" was invented by Oliver Blackwell (Devon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus (2) for testing a liquid specimen, which apparatus (2) comprises: (i) a container (4) for the liquid specimen; (ii) a lid (6) for closing the container (4) after the liquid specimen has been provided in the container (4); (iii) first securing means (8) by which the lid (6) is secured to the container (4); (iv) a test capsule (10) for securing to the lid (6) when the lid (6) is on the container (4); (v) sec...