ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,915, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to COMBINATI Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Microfluidic array for sample digitization" was invented by Robert Lin (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ju-Sung Hung (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for processing a biological sample. The device may be a microfluidic device comprising a fluid flow path and a chamber. The fluid flow path may comprise a channel and an inlet port and no outlet port. The inlet port may be configured to direct a biological sample to the channel. The channel may be in fluid communication with the chamber. The c...