US Patent Issued to Roche Sequencing Solutions on July 8 for "Systems and methods for forming a nanopore in a lipid bilayer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,891, issued on July 8, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for forming a nanopore in a lipid bilayer" was invented by Roger J. A. Chen (Saratoga, Calif.) and Randy Davis (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for forming a nanopore in a lipid bilayer are described herein. In one example, an agitation stimulus level such as an electrical agitation stimulus is applied to a lipid bilayer wherein the agitation stimulus level tends to facilitate the formation of nanopores in the lipid bilayer. In some embodiments, a change in an electrical property of the lipid b...