ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,326, issued on March 11, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Systems and apparatus for holding plates" was invented by David Maurice Cox (Pleasanton, Calif.), Stefanie Nishimura (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Lauren Wong (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are devices and methods for securing microplates and/or microplates comprising tube strips. The devices provided herein may use a magnetic force to secure the microplates and/or the tube strips during heat sealing of wells or tubes."
The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2020, under Application No. 17/009,219.
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