ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,643, issued on April 21, was assigned to Rushabh Instruments LLC (Ivyland, Pa.).

"Laboratory slide heater" was invented by Preyas Shah (Ivyland, Pa.) and Sahil Shah (Ivyland, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laboratory slide heater includes a housing having an interior region defining a plurality of stations and an open end; a plurality of movable covers at least partially concealing the open end of the interior region; and a heater positioned to deliver heat into the interior region for heating one or more of the plurality of stations. Each movable cover is positioned to provide access to one station of the plurality of station...