US Patent Issued to Pacific Biosciences of California on March 4 for "Illumination of integrated analytical systems" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,122, issued on March 4, was assigned to Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Illumination of integrated analytical systems" was invented by Adrian Fehr (San Francisco), Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey (Mill Valley, Calif.) and Stephen Turner (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analytical device including an optically opaque cladding, a sequencing layer including a substrate disposed below the cladding, and a waveguide assembly for receiving optical illumination and introducing illumination into the device. The illumination may be received from a top, a side edge, and a bottom of the device. The wavegui...