ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,032, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).
"Light energy fluorescence excitation" was invented by Rui Jiang (San Diego) and Joseph Pinto (Solana Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is set forth herein a light energy exciter that can include one or more light sources. A light energy exciter can emit excitation light directed toward a detector surface that can support biological or chemical samples."
The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/496,681.
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