US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Sept. 8 for "Method of testing growth of living organisms in space" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,359, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Method of testing growth of living organisms in space" was invented by Travis Tubbs (USAF Academy, Colo.) and Morgan Vance (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of testing living organisms in space. On earth a chamber is loaded with at least one cuvette having a living organism for experimentation. The chamber and cuvette are placed aboard a transport vehicle for transport to and return from space. The cuvette is maintained at atmospheric pressure throughout transp...