US Patent Issued to ILLUMINA on Dec. 9 for "Microarrays, hybridization seals, and related methods" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,488, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).

"Microarrays, hybridization seals, and related methods" was invented by Adam Gaustad (San Diego), Jeremy Zetterberg (Coronado, Calif.), Norman Khoo (San Diego), Jelena Stojakovic (San Diego), Julien Cors (Mannedorf, Switzerland), Daniel Solis (Escondido, Calif.) and Chandler Burke (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microarrays, hybridization seals and related methods. An apparatus includes a substrate including a plurality of probes and a hybridization seal. The hybridization seal includes an evaporation barrier and a layer including walls that form a grid patter...