ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,379, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to 10X GENOMICS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"In situ analysis of chromatin interaction" was invented by Patrik Stahl (Stockholm) and Pelin Sahlen (Uppsala, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments described herein are methods performed in situ for analyzing chromatin interaction events in a cell or in cells of a sample such as a non-homogenized tissue sample. The methods can comprise the spatial analysis of chromatin interaction events across cell populations in a biological sample. The methods can further comprise obtaining a biological sample, hybridizing probes to target nucleic a...