ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,685, issued on March 18, was assigned to Illumina Inc. (San Diego).
"Catalytically active substances" was invented by Lewis J. Kraft (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalytically active substance includes a copper (I) sulfide mineral particle, and an alkyne functionalized molecule bound to a surface of the copper (I) sulfide mineral particle. In an example method, a copper (I) sulfide mineral is reacted with an alkyne functionalized molecule to form a catalytically active substance. The catalytically active substance is reacted with an azide functionalized molecule to couple the catalytically active substance with the az...