ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Allegiance, Chicago, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,493,447, initially filed Aug. 20, 2015) developed by four co-inventors for a "specimen cup and transfer apparatus." The co-inventors are Emanuele A. Mangiafico, Farmington, Connecticut, Darin Senna, Portland, Connecticut, David Facchini, Farmington, Connecticut, and Andrew Cervasio, Sarasota, Florida.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1 . . .