ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,785, issued on June 3, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Column oven and gas chromatograph" was invented by Kasumi Sasaki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A column oven is provided with an inner casing forming an inner space therein, the inner space being configured to adjust a temperature of a separation column for gas chromatography in a state in which the separation column is accommodated in the inner space, a temperature control element provided in the inner space to adjust the temperature of the inner space, and a heat insulation material layer surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the inner casing,...