US Patent Issued to SPEX SamplePrep on May 19 for "Cryogenic grinding system, apparatus, and methods of use thereof" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,530, issued on May 19, was assigned to SPEX SamplePrep LLC (Metuchen, N.J.).

"Cryogenic grinding system, apparatus, and methods of use thereof" was invented by Lea L. Anderson-Smith (Marlboro, N.J.), Marc Boivin (Wendake, Canada) and Jean-Francois Malo (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic grinding system, method, and apparatus for processing a sample. The system includes a cryogen source, a containment vessel for containing the sample and the cryogen, a blade for grinding the sample, and a controller. The controller controls at least one of: a quantity of cryogen introduced into the container; a grinding duration...