ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,441, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Oribiotech LTD (London).

"Apparatus for, and a method of, processing cells" was invented by Farlan Veraitch (London), William Raimes (London), Gary Kipling (London), Adam Hiles (Berkhamsted, Great Britain), Philip Wood (Uttlesford, Great Britain), Simon Collings (Datchet, Great Britain), Nicholas Brown (Datchet, Great Britain), Luke Williams (Datchet, Great Britain), Stephen Knowles (Datchet, Great Britain) and George Sydney McLean (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an apparatus for use in cell processing comprising: a holding element arranged to receive a top section of a...