US Patent Issued to LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NUSSLOCH on June 16 for "Reagent container and tissue processor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,171, issued on June 16, was assigned to LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NUSSLOCH GMBH (Nussloch, Germany).

"Reagent container and tissue processor" was invented by Jingtian Zhang (Shanghai), HongJian Tao (Shanghai), Yuanyuan Wang (Shanghai) and Changhong Wu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reagent container for a tissue processor includes a first body defining a cavity configured to contain reagent; and a second body attached to the first body, wherein the second body defines a reagent passage, a cistern room and an reagent port, the reagent passage is in communication with the cavity, the cistern room is provided between the reagent pass...