ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,038, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MelioLabs Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Methods and devices for single-cell based digital high resolution melt" was invented by Mridu Sinha (Santa Clara, Calif.), Ryan Simkovsky (Santa Clara, Calif.), Kaushik Sridhar (Santa Clara, Calif.), Shubhodeep Paul (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Amol Chaudhary (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are devices, systems, and methods for the identification, quantification, and profiling of microscopic organisms. The methods for the identification, quantification, and profiling of microscopic organisms include, for example, the selective e...