ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,907, issued on April 14, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

"Incubation cassette and microplate for reducing fluid evaporation out of wells of a microplate" was invented by Manfred Lansing (Salzburg, Austria), Nicole Eggenhofer (Kuchl, Austria) and Tobias Sawetzki (Bischofswiesen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An incubation cassette for reducing liquid evaporation from wells of a microplate with a frame for receiving a microplate with wells, the frame having a central first opening surrounded by an inner wall, the dimensions are designed for inserting a microplate, and the frame having an outer wall ...