ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,889, issued on May 20, was assigned to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Microfluidic device" was invented by Alexander Meier (Zurich), Chris Steinert (Lucerne, Switzerland) and Michael Zeder (Buchrain, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device for thermocycling of a reaction mixture is provided. The device comprises an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a flow channel connecting the inlet opening and the outlet opening and defining a flow direction from the inlet opening through the flow channel to the outlet opening, wherein the flow channel comprises a first flow channel surface and a second...