ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,421, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BGI SHENZHEN (China) and BGI SHENZHEN Co. LTD (China).
"Nanopore sequencing method" was invented by Guoli Zhu (Guangdong, China), Hanjie Shen (Guangdong, China), Jianxun Lin (Guangdong, China), Yuan Jiang (Guangdong, China) and Tao Zeng (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanopore sequencing method, including: in a nanopore sequencing device, performing rolling circle amplification by using a single-strand ring or double-strand ring of nucleic acid as a template to produce an amplified single strand; under the action of an electric field, introducing the amplified single strand i...