ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,603, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Electrophoresis cassettes and instrumentation" was invented by Augusto Manuel Tentori (Dublin, Calif.), Hanyoup Kim (Foster City, Calif.), Felice Alessio Bava (Rome) and Rajiv Bharadwaj (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations of electrophoretic systems and instruments are provided to improve electrophoresis and ease of use. Various electrophoretic systems and instruments utilize different electrode designs that can result in uniform electromigration of analytes. The electrophoretic systems and instrumentations optimiz...