ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,126, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Munchen, Forschung e. V. (Munich), Technische Universitat Dresden (Dresden, Germany) and Cell.Copedia GmbH (Leipzig, Germany).

"Device and method for separating particles in a liquid, kit containing the device, and applications of the device" was invented by Florian Schmieder (Dresden, Germany), Maurice Langer (Dresden, Germany), Konrad Katzer (Dresden, Germany), Willhelm Gerdes (Leipzig, Germany) and Rommy Berthold (Leipzig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device, a method, and a kit for separating particle...