ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,511, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Microfluidic chip and method for using the same" was invented by Lo-Hsien Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yu-Jung Liu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic chip suitable for controlling movement and detecting position of a microfluid includes a first substrate, a second substrate, first scan lines, first signal lines, second scan lines, second signal lines, actuating units, and heating units. The first scan lines and the first signal lines are disposed on the first substrate. The second scan lines and the second signal lines are disposed on the se...