ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,960, issued on June 3, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Nanopore voltage methods" was invented by Randall Davis (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Markus Wallgren (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sequencing a nucleic acid molecule includes providing a sequencing cell having a nanopore in a membrane that resides over a well, a first electrode at a bottom of the well, a second electrode in a chamber above the membrane, and an electrolyte in the well and the chamber. The first electrode is configured to facilitate non-Faradaic conduction of ionic current and forms a capacitance wi...