US Patent Issued to 10x Genomics on Aug. 19 for "Devices and methods for reducing the effects of settling of particles during droplet production" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,775, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for reducing the effects of settling of particles during droplet production" was invented by Daniel Freitas (Oakland, Calif.), Brenden Janatpour Brown (Pleasanton, Calif.), Francis Cui (Oakland, Calif.) and Martin Sauzade (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, methods, and kits for generating droplets are provided. The devices, methods, and kits are designed to reduce the effects of settling of particles during droplet production."

The patent was filed on Feb. 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/667,123.

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