ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,088, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Droplet Genomics, UAB (Vilnius, Lithuania).

"Integrated platform for selective microfluidic particle processing" was invented by Karolis Leonavicius (Vilnius, Lithuania), Dalius Kuciauskas (Vilnius, Lithuania), Juozas Nainys (Vilnius, Lithuania), Rytis Kisielius (Vilnius, Lithuania), Dangiras Lukosius (Silale, Lithuania) and Jonas Gasparavicius (Vilnius, Lithuania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instrument for processing microscopic particles may include a combination of modules integrated into a functional system. The system may be composed of synchronized subsystems including pneumatic modul...