ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,604, issued on July 14, was assigned to GRONINGER & Co. GMBH (Crailsheim, Germany).

"Transport container and method for automated microbial monitoring in a barrier system" was invented by Roland Engelhard (Aurach-Weinberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport container for at least one nutrient medium carrier, wherein the transport container comprises a base element and a cover element, the base element and the cover element are connectable to each other, the base element and the cover element are connected to each other in a closed state of the transport container and enclose an interior space of the transport containe...