ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,685, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).
"Thermal cycler and genetic inspection apparatus" was invented by Nobuyuki Isoshima (Tokyo), Tatsuya Kobari (Tokyo), Masashi Shibahara (Tokyo), Toshiki Yamagata (Tokyo), Yoko Makino (Tokyo) and Wataru Satoh (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a thermal cycler capable of rapidly and efficiently heating and cooling a reaction liquid. The thermal cycler according to the present invention comprises: a temperature control block where a reaction vessel can be installed, a thermoelectric conversion unit capable of heating and cooling, a t...