US Patent Issued to DSM IP ASSETS on Oct. 27 for "Means and methods for sampling surfaces" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,940, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Means and methods for sampling surfaces" was invented by Thomas Gattinger (Getzersdorf, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for fixation of a collecting means (9) suitable for collecting biological material, comprising a handle (1), a support means (2), and a fixation means (3), wherein the support means (2) and the fixation means (3) are provided at a common end (4) of the handle (1); wherein the support means (2) is adapted to receive the collecting means (9) covering an exposed end (13) of the support...