ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,861, issued on May 5, was assigned to Spectacular Labs Inc. (Richmond, Calif.).

"Sample preparation and test lid for automated analysis of biological and chemical samples" was invented by Okhtay Montazeri (Richmond, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample preparation lid, comprising a lid body, a first sample preparation vial that extends over the lid body and a second sample preparation vial that extends over the lid body. A first conduit extends between the first sample preparation vial and the second sample preparation vial. The first conduit opens into the first sample preparation vial and into the second sample preparation ...