US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS on June 30 for "Cartridge for sample preparation and molecule analysis, cartridge control machine, sample preparation system and method using the cartridge" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,845, issued on June 30, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Cartridge for sample preparation and molecule analysis, cartridge control machine, sample preparation system and method using the cartridge" was invented by Davide Cucchi (Brugherio, Italy), Marco Angelo Bianchessi (Melzo, Italy), Alessandro Cocci (Rovellasca, Italy), Lillo Raia (Desio, Italy), Lorenzo Bruno (Masera, Italy), Nadia Serina (Monza, Italy), Marco Cereda (Segrate, Italy), Danilo Pirola (Bussero, Italy), Pietro Ferrari (Piacenza, Italy), Francesco Ferrara (Monteroni di Lecce, Italy) and Alessandro Paolo Bramanti (Maglie, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Pa...