ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,814, issued on May 6, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Bubble discharging method, particle trapping apparatus, and particle analyzing apparatus" was invented by Kenji Ikeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technology for efficiently discharging a bubble present in a fluid in a chamber is provided. There is provided a bubble discharging method carried out in a chamber including a microchip that includes at least one well or through hole to divide a space into a first space and a second space, the bubble discharging method including a pressurizing step of applying a positive pressure to a fluid in the chamber, and a va...