US Patent Issued to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES on April 21 for "Reagent container and methods of use" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,713, issued on April 21, was assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Reagent container and methods of use" was invented by Earl Zergiebel (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reagent container includes a base defining a plurality of wells having openings exposed at an upper surface of the base and a tube receptacle. The plurality of wells include a first set of wells and a second set of wells. Each well of the first set of wells has an opening to a well bore and a channel in communication with the well bore. The opening has a first portion disposed over the well bore and a second portion disposed over t...