ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,970, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Light-digital PCR chamber and light-digital PCR device using same" was invented by Oh Seok Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seon Joo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong Eun Seo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tai Hwan Ha (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a light-digital PCR chamber and a light-digital PCR device. The light-digital PCR chamber comprises: a transparent substrate; a metal thin film layer formed on the transparent substrate; ...