ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,394, issued on June 10, was assigned to Beckman Coulter Inc. (Brea, Calif.).

"Particles characterization in flow cytometry" was invented by Ihor Berezhnyy (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of characterizing particles in flow cytometry includes determining a first pulse width value of a particle using a first technique. The method includes determining a second pulse width value of the particle using a second technique. The method further includes comparing the first and second pulse width values, and characterizing the particle as a concatenated particle when a difference between the first and second pulse widt...