US Patent Issued to 10x Genomics on Jan. 28 for "Methods of identifying abundance and location of an analyte in a biological sample using second strand synthesis" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,280, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Methods of identifying abundance and location of an analyte in a biological sample using second strand synthesis" was invented by Marco Mignardi (Sundbyberg, Sweden) and Marlon Stoeckius (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of identifying abundance and location of an RNA in a biological sample using an adaptor sequence and a primer. Also disclosed herein are kits, compositions, and systems that are used to perform the methods."

The patent was filed on July 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/368,243.

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