ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,923, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A. INC. (Torrance, Calif.).
"Automated staining system and reaction chamber" was invented by Amit D. Shah (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Scott Webster (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Cristina R. Flores (Downey, Calif.), Chen Yu Cheng (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Chia Hsien Lin (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Chih Shun Chuang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Nicholas John Booker (Box Hill, Australia), Andrew Douglas Watkins (Fairfield, Australia), Rebecca Jean Bartel (Mont Albert North, Australia), Chester John Henderson (Preston, Australia), Erico Von Bueren (Lomita, Calif.) and Hwai-Jyh Michael Yang (Cerritos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* release...