ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,086, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DYNEGE BIOSCIENCE Corp. (Shanghai).
"Surface functionalizing method for use in high-throughput in situ synthesis of nucleic acids by 3D inkjet printing" was invented by Mancang Zhang (Shanghai), Libing Wang (Shanghai) and Cailing Hou (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface functionalizing method for use in high-throughput in situ synthesis of nucleic acids by 3D inkjet printing. The method includes subjecting a surface of a substrate to hydroxyl enrichment treatment; adding hydrophobic molecules to the surface of the substrate, the hydrophobic molecules being not reactive with phosph...