ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,783, issued on April 21, was assigned to NEXT & BIO INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Well plate and 3D culture plate comprising the same" was invented by Seok Chung (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Hoon Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Kyu Hwan Na (Busan, South Korea), Ye Si Jun (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Hun Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well plate and a 3D cell culture plate are described. The well plate having a repeating pattern. The wells of the well plate is continuously provided with a space part in between a main well to be injected with culture solution and a sub well including a recessed part where the cells ar...