ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,864, issued on July 8, was assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method and device for amplifying and detecting gene" was invented by Jin Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kwang Hyo Chung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a device for amplifying and detecting a gene. The device for amplifying and detecting the gene includes a gene amplification chip comprising channels through which a sample flows and transparent heaters provided on the gene amplification chip. The channels include a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel, and the first ...