ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,465, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Essenlix Corp. (Monmouth Junction, N.J.).

"Containing a liquid sample" was invented by Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, N.J.) and Wei Ding (East Windsor, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among other things, the present disclosure is related to devices and methods for containing a liquid sample between two plates."

The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 2018, under Application No. 16/755,842.

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