ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,377, issued on June 16, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Surface-modified cell culture substrates and methods of modifying cell culture substrates" was invented by Theresa Chang (Painted Post, N.Y.), Paula Jean Dolley-Sonneville (Corning, N.Y.), Paul Ernest Gagnon Jr. (Hudson, Fla.), Vinalia Tjong (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Yue Zhou (Horseheads, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture substrate is provided that includes a substrate lattice having an ordered array of fibers and pores disposed between the fibers. The ordered array of fibers includes a cell culture surface to support adherent or semi-adherent cell...