ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,814, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DRSIGNAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Film-flipping mechanism for molecular testing, nucleic acid extraction device with the same, and nucleic acid extraction method for molecular testing" was invented by Hsin-Wu Mi (Taipei, Taiwan) and Hsin-Fei Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nucleic acid extraction device for molecular testing comprises a film-flipping mechanism, a cap mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, an extraction plate transfer mechanism, and a nucleic acid extraction module. A sealing film is adhered onto top of an extraction plate and folded along...