US Patent Issued to Kite Pharm on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for shipping cryogenically-frozen materials" (Texas, California, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,426, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Kite Pharm Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for shipping cryogenically-frozen materials" was invented by Brian A. Wallin (Nashua, Iowa), Frank D. Obrad (Mansfield, Texas) and Craig T. Vermeyen (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure relate to shipping cases, dewars, and systems for transporting a frozen material. More specifically, the embodiments described herein include and/or enable dewar lid protective systems, data logging enablement, controlled coolant escape, efficient stacking options during transport, spill protection to ensur...