ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,163, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Flat-field imaging system and methods of use" was invented by Mark Andersen (Carlsbad, Calif.), Haopeng Wang (Arlington, Va.) and Michael Pallas (San Bruno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of aligning a plurality of targets is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of targets. A third phase includes the plurality of targets. The method further includes combining a first phase, a second phase, and the third phase in a volume. The first phase, the second phase, and the third phase are substantially immiscible, and the third p...