US Patent Issued to Quantum-Si on Jan. 20 for "Substrates having modified surface reactivity and antifouling properties in biological reactions" (California, Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,083, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Quantum-Si Inc. (Branford, Conn.).

"Substrates having modified surface reactivity and antifouling properties in biological reactions" was invented by Jonathan M. Rothberg (Miami Beach, Fla.), Jeremy Lackey (Foster City, Calif.) and Guojun Chen (Sherborn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrated devices including substrates with sample wells having modified surfaces are provided. An integrated device includes a substrate with a sample well having a metal oxide surface and a silica surface, a coating layer on the metal oxide surface formed by an amphipathic reagent attached to a polymeric ...