ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,976, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to 10X GENOMICS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Methods, kits, and compositions for processing extracellular molecules" was invented by Felice Alessio Bava (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Geoffrey McDermott (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods, compositions and kits for contacting a sample containing a biological particle with a catalyst associated with or attached to a support. The biological particle may be cells and/or nuclei. The catalyst may be an enzyme configured to digest an extracellular molecule, such as an extracellular biological molecule, including extracellula...