ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,447, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LABCYTE INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Method for dispensing drops of different volumes" was invented by Michael James Forbush (Hollister, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method that allows a user to dispense a desired volume of solution from an acoustic dispensing apparatus by allowing the user to select the drop volume to be dispensed. A typical drop volume is in the range of one to twenty-five nanoliters. The method comprises the steps of creating two or more burst curves that give the relationship between liquid level and burst value, using data from the burst curves to create two or mo...