ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,555, issued on March 25, was assigned to CATCHGENE Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Automated nucleic acid extraction device" was invented by Te-Cheng Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated nucleic acid extraction device includes a base body, a cassette, a driving unit, a moving frame and a syringe. The base body includes a sample accommodating area, a column accommodating area, a cassette accommodating area and a collection tube being arranged in a linear direction. The cassette is arranged in the cassette accommodating area and includes two parallel walls and at least four vertical walls. The parallel w...