ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,740, issued on March 18, was assigned to Singular Genomics Systems Inc. (San Diego).

"Multiomic analysis device and methods of use thereof" was invented by Sandor Kovacs (Encinitas, Calif.), Eli N. Glezer (Del Mar, Calif.) and Christopher Frye (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprising: a sample stage configured to be coupled to a microplate receiver; a microplate receiver configured to be coupled to a microplate; at least one heating element thermally coupled to the microplate receiver; a fluidics dispenser configured to dispense one or more reagents into the microplate; and an imaging system configured to detect...