US Patent Issued to ILLUMINA on July 15 for "Structured substrates for improving detection of light emissions and methods relating to the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,194, issued on July 15, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).

"Structured substrates for improving detection of light emissions and methods relating to the same" was invented by M. Shane Bowen (Encinitas, Calif.) and Dajun Yuan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structured substrate includes a substrate body having an active side. The substrate body includes reaction cavities that open along the active side and interstitial regions that separate the reaction cavities. The structured substrate includes an ensemble amplifier positioned within each of the reaction cavities. The ensemble amplifier includes a plurality of na...