ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,422, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).
"Biochip method" was invented by Claude Weisbuch (Paris), Lucio Martinelli (Paris), Henri Benisty (Palaiseau, France), Christof Schafauer (Paris), Gabriel Sagarzazu (Ciboure, France), Thierry Gacoin (Bures sur Yvette, France) and Melanie Bedu (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biochip device comprising a substrate constituted by at least one plate of material forming a multimode planar waveguide and carrying chromophore elements suitable for emitting fluorescence in response to excitation by guided waves having an evanescent portion, the device bein...