US Patent Issued to Dionex Softron, Dionex on July 14 for "Identification of sample cells in a chromatography autosampler" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,028, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dionex Softron GmbH (Germering, Germany) and Dionex Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Identification of sample cells in a chromatography autosampler" was invented by Daniel Hoffmeyer (Santa Clara, Calif.), Husam Al-Esawi (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Tobias Metz (Germering, Germany), Til Richardsen (Kirchseeon, Germany) and Christoph Hollnagel (Gauting, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for the identification of sample cells in a sample tray that is placed in a chromatography autosampler. A cell gripper and labels are also provided to facilitate such identification....