ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,701, issued on July 1, was assigned to BRUKER CELLULAR ANALYSIC INC. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Methods for assaying biological cells in a microfluidic device" was invented by Yelena Bronevetsky (Emeryville, Calif.), Annamaria Mocciaro (Emeryville, Calif.), Guido K. Stadler (Emeryville, Calif.), Peter J. Beemiller (Emeryville, Calif.), Natalie C. Marks (Emeryville, Calif.), Duane Smith (Emeryville, Calif.), Vincent Haw Tien Pai (Emeryville, Calif.), Jason M. McEwen (Emeryville, Calif.), Amanda L. Goodsell (Emeryville, Calif.), John A. Tenney (Emeryville, Calif.), Thomas M. Vetterli (Emeryville, Calif.) and Hansohl E. Kim (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the...