US Patent Issued to Bio-Rad Laboratories on April 15 for "Emulsion compositions and methods of their use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,989, issued on April 15, was assigned to Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (Hercules, Calif.).

"Emulsion compositions and methods of their use" was invented by Yi Xue (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Joshua Ritchey (Melrose, Mass.) and Robert Meltzer (Belmont, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Emulsion compositions are provided herein. Also provided herein are kits containing one or more emulsion compositions or components for making such emulsion compositions. Also provided herein are methods of using such emulsion compositions, such as for amplification of target nucleic acids in emulsion droplets."

The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2023, under Appli...