ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,088, issued on March 24, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Highly durable permeable fluoropolymer cell culture bag" was invented by Matthew A. Johnson (Newark, Del.) and Susie R. Enache (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture bag includes a body formed of a composite film including a first fluoropolymer and a second fluoropolymer. The body defines a cell culture compartment configured to hold a cell culture. The first fluoropolymer has a first thickness and the second fluoropolymer at least partially impregnates the first thickness of the first fluoropolymer. The composite film has a s...