ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,396, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Electrotransfer and electrophoresis devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Krishna Vattem (Rockford, Ill.) and Brian Webb (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides devices and systems for gel electrophoresis and/or electrotransfer and/or detection of biomolecules. Devices for electrotransfer comprise: one or more receptacles comprising: a biomolecule receiving material (BMR); a first and second electrode; wherein the second electrode is located after and/or distal to an area where biomolecules are received...