US Patent Issued to VISERA TECHNOLOGIES on May 27 for "High-resolution and small-pixel-size optical device for third generation sequencing" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,994, issued on May 27, was assigned to VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"High-resolution and small-pixel-size optical device for third generation sequencing" was invented by Lai-Hung Lai (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Hsin-Yi Hsieh (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Chin-Chuan Hsieh (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device is provided. The optical device includes a substrate, a first photodetector, a waveguide and a nanowell array. The first photodetector is disposed on the substrate. The waveguide is disposed on the first photodetector. The waveguide is in contact with the first photodetector or apart from the...