US Patent Issued to Roche Sequencing Solutions on Sept. 16 for "Faradaic systems and methods for self-limiting protein pore insertion in amembrane" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,624, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Faradaic systems and methods for self-limiting protein pore insertion in amembrane" was invented by Geoffrey Barrall (San Diego), Eric Takeshi Harada (San Jose, Calif.), Jason David Komadina (Livermore, Calif.), J. William Maney Jr. (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and Charlotte Yang (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for inserting a single pore into a membrane under faradaic conditions are described herein. A stepped or ramped voltage waveform can be applied across the membranes of the cells of an array, where th...