ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,665, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to JUNKOSHA INC. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Gas-permeable container, and culture apparatus and culture system each using same" was invented by Masato Yotsuya (Ibaraki, Japan) and Mitsuru Kuroda (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a gas-permeable container, and for example, to a gas-permeable container suitable for culturing aerobic microorganisms or animal or plant cells. An object of the present invention is to provide a container having excellent gas permeability, and a culture apparatus and a culture system each using the container. The object is achieved b...