ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,124, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Fluorescent particles" was invented by Adam York (Eugene, Ore.), Eric Welch (Eugene, Ore.), Kyle Gee (Springfield, Ore.), Xin Wang (Eugene, Ore.), Robert Aggeler (Eugene, Ore.) and Yi-Zhen Hu (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water-soluble, fluorescent particles and compositions, kits, and methods of making and using such particles are disclosed. Processes for preparing fluorescent particles and for controlling the size, polydispersity and optical properties of such particles also are provided."

The patent was filed on Oct. 29, 2021, under ...