ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,168, issued on May 12, was assigned to SARTORIUS STEDIM BIOTECH GMBH (Germany).

"Modular device for fixedly arranging and interconnecting individual separation units and/or function units amongst one another" was invented by Sebastian Handt (Goettingen, Germany), Florian Mieth (Goettingen, Germany), Heino Heise (Goettingen, Germany), Lukas Becker (Goettingen, Germany) and Jannik Dippel (Goettingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular device for a fixed arrangement and interconnection of individual separation units and/or first functional units for performing one or more unit operations in a biotechnological process. The m...