ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,984, issued on July 14, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Analysis device" was invented by Taichi Tomono (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroshi Mizushima (Kyoto, Japan) and Kiyokazu Nakatsuka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analysis device includes: a sample storage having an opening/closing part and incorporating an internal mounting table to receive a sample accommodation unit; and a sample inserting unit to insert the sample accommodation unit into the sample storage, wherein the sample accommodation unit having a plane direction, includes a flange at an end portion in the plane direction, and the sample inserting u...