ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,750, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).

"Flow cell assemblies and related systems" was invented by Ashish Kumar (San Diego), James Osmus (San Diego), David Kaplan (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Richard Lemoine (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gasket assemblies and related system and methods. An apparatus includes a system, a flow cell, and a plurality of gasket assemblies. The system includes a flow cell interface and the flow cell has one or more channels. Each channel has a first channel opening and a second channel opening. The first channel openings are positioned at a first end of the flow cell and the ...