ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,993, issued on April 15, was assigned to 10X GENOMICS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Analysis of nucleic acid sequences" was invented by Solongo B. Ziraldo (Pleasanton, Calif.), Geoffrey McDermott (Livermore, Calif.) and Shea Thompson Lance (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions and systems for droplet processing. For example, methods can include (a) providing a first emulsion comprising a first droplet population, wherein droplets of the first droplet population comprise a lysis reagent, and a second emulsion comprising a second droplet population, wherein a droplet of t...