ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,284, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Assay apparatuses, methods, and reagents" was invented by Gary I. Krivoy (Rockville, Md.), Cecilia Zimmerman (Clarksburg, Md.), Jules Vandersarl (Gaithersburg, Md.), Sandor Kovacs (Middletown, Del.), Aaron H. Leimkuehler (Upper St Clair, Pa.), Leo Tabakin (Germantown, Md.), Jon Willoughby (Gaitherburg, Md.), Manish Kochar (Rockville, Md.) and Charles M. Clinton (Clarksburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation are described. The apparatus...