US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on June 2 for "Methods providing sample collection using sample collection films and related devices, films, and reels" (Virginia, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,801, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods providing sample collection using sample collection films and related devices, films, and reels" was invented by Eric O. McGhee (Alexandria, Va.) and Alexander J. McGhee (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of collecting liquid samples are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a portion of a sample collection film is unrolled from a first reel to a position adjacent a sample dispenser. A liquid sample is dispensed from the sample dispenser onto the portion of...