ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,750, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The University of Tokyo (Tokyo).

"Method for monitoring dynamic changes in cells or substance derived therefrom, and method for classifying cell using same" was invented by Sadao Ota (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for simple and effective monitoring of a dynamic change in a cell or a derivative thereof. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for monitoring a dynamic change in a cell, which includes preparing a plurality of compartments containing at least one cell or a derivative thereof and at least one bead, and repeatedly obt...