US Patent Issued to GEN-PROBE, GRIFOLS on Aug. 4 for "Automated processing of samples carried in sample containers and grouping sample containers according to assays to be performed on samples contained therein" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,109, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego) and GRIFOLS S.A. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Automated processing of samples carried in sample containers and grouping sample containers according to assays to be performed on samples contained therein" was invented by Rolf Silbert (Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for processing a plurality of sample containers, each containing sample with at least one open assay associated therewith, includes two or more analyzers, each configured to perform at least one functional assay in receptacle apparatuses including a process number of two or more receptacle ves...