ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,552, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Singular Genomics Systems Inc. (San Diego).
"Methods and devices for manipulating biological samples" was invented by Yuji Ishitsuka (San Diego), Jaekyung Koh (San Diego), Robert James Stover (San Diego), Pavel Shekhtmeyster (San Diego), Sandor Kovacs (Middletown, Del.), Hu Cang (San Diego) and Valeria Rascon (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, inter alia, are devices and methods for efficient transfer and analyses of cellular material, tissue samples, such as tissue sections, using carrier substrates and devices."
The patent was filed on Oct. 21, 2024, under Applicat...