ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,294, issued on May 13, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Multiplexing analog components in biochemical sensor arrays" was invented by J. William Maney Jr. (Emerald Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for increasing the density and the number of cells on a nanopore sensor chip are disclosed. Two or more cells of the nanopore sensor chip share some analog components (e.g., an integration capacitor and/or a read-out transistor) through one or more digital relays. Under the control of various control signals during a sampling period of the sensor chip, the two or more cells are con...