ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,239, issued on May 20, was assigned to 10X GENOMICS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Analysis of nucleic acid sequences" was invented by Solongo B. Ziraldo (Pleasanton, Calif.), Geoffrey McDermott (Livermore, Calif.) and Shea Thompson Lance (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions and systems for droplet processing. For example, a method can include (a) partitioning a plurality of cells into a plurality of aqueous droplets, wherein an aqueous droplet of the plurality of aqueous droplets comprises a cell of the plurality of cells; and delivering a micellized lysis agent to th...