US Patent Issued to Ventana Medical Systems, Roche Diagnostics Operations, Roche Diagnostics Hematology on March 31 for "Methods and systems for preparing and analyzing cellular samples for morphological characteristics and biomarker expression" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,871, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.), Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc. (Indianapolis) and Roche Diagnostics Hematology Inc. (Brighton, Mass.).

"Methods and systems for preparing and analyzing cellular samples for morphological characteristics and biomarker expression" was invented by Srabani Bhaumik (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Simon J. Davidson (Steinhausen, Switzerland), Jerome W. Kosmeder II (Tucson, Ariz.), Katherine K. Mui (Chelmsford, Mass.), Esteban Roberts (Tucson, Ariz.), Noemi Sebastiao (Tucson, Ariz.) and David J. Zahniser (Wellesley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disc...