ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,892, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cellanome Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for analyzing biological samples" was invented by Tarun Kumar Khurana (Palo Alto, Calif.), Ali Agah (Palo Alto, Calif.), Yir-Shyuan Wu (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Filiz Gorpe Yasar (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for analyzing biological samples. Including a method for processing an analyte, comprising providing a fluidic device comprising the analyte and one or more polymer precursors; selecting a discrete area within said fluidic device; providing an energy source in optical commun...