US Patent Issued to Pacific Biosciences of California on Dec. 30 for "Integrated illumination of optical analytical devices" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,725, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Integrated illumination of optical analytical devices" was invented by Paul Lundquist (San Francisco) and Stephen Turner (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical analytical devices and their methods of use are provided. The devices are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices include integrated illumination elements and optical waveguides for illumination of the optical reactions. Th...