ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,585, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to enicor GmbH (Munich).

"Coated articles for blood coagulation testing and methods of preparing the same" was invented by James Lynn Hill (Feldafing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a coated article, which can be used in in-vitro diagnostics, in particular in the diagnostic testing of body fluids, such as in blood coagulation testing. The coated article is made of a polymer material and coated with a polymer material, which may be the same or different. The present invention furthermore provides a method of preparing such a coated article and a method of perf...