ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,588, issued on May 27, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Molded flow channel" was invented by Edward Liu (Saratoga, Calif.), Kenneth M. Stothers (San Jose, Calif.), Markus Wallgren (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Janusz B. Wojtowicz (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Robert A. Yuan (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanopore based sequencing system includes a plurality of nanopore sensors. Each nanopore sensor has a portion for receiving a fluid. The nanopore based sequencing system includes a fluid chamber configured to guide the fluid over the plurality of nanopore sensors and an inlet configure...