ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,400, issued on June 23, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Capillary array unit and electrophoresis device" was invented by Katsuhiro Aritome (Tokyo), Takeshi Ooura (Tokyo), Asami Terakado (Tokyo) and Nobuyuki Isoshima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrophoresis device that allows for reducing the temperature variation in the thermostat and that makes it easy to attach/detach the capillary. The electrophoresis device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a capillary array unit that includes a capillary and a support that supports the c...