US Patent Issued to Totokudo Institute on May 19 for "Determination method, measurement device, and measurement system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,550, issued on May 19, was assigned to Totokudo Institute LLC (Saitama, Japan).

"Determination method, measurement device, and measurement system" was invented by Hideyasu Takahashi (Saitama, Japan), Keiko Takahashi (Saitama, Japan) and Rio Takahashi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel method for easily determining the behavior of a nematode includes: dropping a liquid containing a biological substance of a subject into a container in which a nematode is movably stored; measuring, as a reference amount, an amount related to light in a measurement range in the container irradiated with light before or immediately aft...