ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,033, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).
"Method for receiving and storing reagent packs in an instrument" was invented by David Aaron Buse (San Diego), David Opalsky (San Diego), Jason F. Rhubottom (Oceanside, Calif.), Norbert D. Hagen (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Jennifer Tidd (Vista, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated method for performing an amplification reaction includes the automated steps of combining a fluid sample together with one or more amplification reaction reagents in a reaction receptacle using a first automated pipettor, thereby forming a reaction mixture, transporting the reacti...