ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,740, issued on April 14, was assigned to COBIO DIAGNOSTICS INC. (Golden, Colo.).

"Method and kit for identifying antimicrobial agents and effective concentrations thereof" was invented by Christopher R. Cox (Golden, Colo.) and Andrew J. Logan (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and kit for for determining of an effective concentration of an antimicrobial agent for inhibiting bacterial growth are provided. The method and kit involve the use of a first and second multiwell receptacle. A fluid sample containing or suspected to contain one or more microbial organisms is dispensed into the wells of the first multiwell recepta...