ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,850, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

"Laboratory automation device with transparent display in door" was invented by Ciro Miniaci (Zurich, Switzerland), Maximilian Stiefel (Wadenswil, Switzerland), Werner Halg (Mannedorf, Switzerland) and Ronan Leboudec (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laboratory automation device comprises a workspace with liquid containers and a pipetting arm for moving liquids between the liquid containers; a housing enclosing the workspace; a door of the housing for accessing the workspace, wherein the door comprises a transparent display for disp...