US Patent Issued to Dionex Softron on March 31 for "Method of introducing a sample into a separation column and corresponding system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,932, issued on March 31, was assigned to Dionex Softron GmbH (Germering, Germany).

"Method of introducing a sample into a separation column and corresponding system" was invented by Christoph Hollnagel (Gauting, Germany), Hermann Hochgraeber (Offenberg, Germany) and Thomas Wachinger (Altomuenster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of introducing a sample into a separation column includes introducing the sample into a trap column, isolating the trap column from ambient atmosphere and pressurizing the trap column to a first pressure while the trap column is isolated from ambient atmosphere, providing a fluid connection b...