US Patent Issued to Purigen Biosystems on Sept. 30 for "Isotachophoresis for purification of nucleic acids" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,635, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Purigen Biosystems Inc. (San Diego).

"Isotachophoresis for purification of nucleic acids" was invented by Lewis A. Marshall (Pleasanton, Calif.), Amy L. Hiddessen (Pleasanton, Calif.), Nathan P. Hoverter (Pleasanton, Calif.), Klint A Rose (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Juan G. Santiago (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to fluidic systems and devices for processing, extracting, or purifying one or more analytes. These systems and devices can be used for processing samples and extracting nucleic acids, for example by isotachophoresis. In particular, the...