ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,027, issued on July 14, was assigned to Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Method of handling laboratory sample containers and apparatus for handling laboratory sample containers" was invented by Raul Baltasar Badaya (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of handling laboratory sample containers is disclosed. The method comprises moving a laboratory sample container to a target position. The target position is a position at which the laboratory sample container is inserted into a corresponding orifice of a laboratory sample container rack provided that the laboratory sample container rack is place...