ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,895, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method of making biochip having a channel" was invented by Yi-Shao Liu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chun-Ren Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chun-Wen Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a biochip includes forming an opening extending completely through a fluidic substrate. Forming the opening includes defining a plurality of sidewalls on the fluidic substrate, wherein the plurality of sidewalls defines a channel in fluid communication with the opening, and each of the plurality of sidewalls comprises poly...