US Patent Issued to Hamilton on June 30 for "Pipetting device, pipette tip coupler, and pipette tip: devices and methods" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,836, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hamilton Co. (Reno, Nev.).

"Pipetting device, pipette tip coupler, and pipette tip: devices and methods" was invented by Jose Eduardo Guzman (Washoe Valley, Nev.), Thomas Barresi (Reno, Nev.) and Dana A. Belton (Sparks, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pipette tip couplers, pipette tips, coupler and tip combinations, and methods for coupling and decoupling a pipette tip to or from, respectively, a pipette tip coupler mounted on a pipette device, are disclosed. The pipette tip couplers include an elastomeric element and an annular ring shaped raceway. When the pipette tip is mounted on the pi...