ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,663, issued on April 14, was assigned to PlotLogic Pty Ltd (Red Hill, Australia).
"Geological sample holder" was invented by Andrew Job (Queensland, Australia), Matthew Garlan (Queensland, Australia) and Johann Wyss (Queensland, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a geological sample holder. The holder includes a container for containing a geological sample and for orienting in an upright configuration. One or more baffles extend across the container and baffle the geological sample. Advantageously, the sample holder may be angled to the horizontal for scanning, and the baffles baffle the geolog...