ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,476, issued on April 1, was assigned to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (Morgantown, Va.).

"Microfluidic device and uses of teaching scientific principles" was invented by Lisa Holland (Morgantown, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are embodiments of a microfluidic device configured to facilitate conceptualization of scientific principles and uses thereof."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2019, under Application No. 16/381,535.

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