ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,300, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Bioreactor and method for cultivating biological cells on substrate filaments" was invented by Heiko Zimmermann (Sulzbach, Germany), Julia Neubauer (Wuerzburg, Germany) and Michael Gepp (Sulzbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bioreactor (100) which is designed for cultivating biological cells (1), comprising a container (10) configured to receive a cultivation medium (2), and a plurality of substrate filaments (20) which are arranged in the container (10) and are configured for a ...