ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,143, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to BERKIN B.V. (Ruurlo, Netherlands).

"Microelectromechanical system component or a microfluidic component comprising a free-hanging or free-standing microchannel" was invented by Wouter Sparreboom (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Jarno Groenesteijn (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Jack Herman Van Putten (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Meint Jelle De Boer (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Remco John Wiegerink (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Henk-Willem Veltkamp (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Qihui Yu (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Mahdieh Yariesbouei (Ruurlo, Netherlands), Miguel A. Rodriguez Olguin (Ruurlo, Netherlands) and Joost Conrad Lotters (Ruurlo, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by ...