US Patent Issued to Western Digital Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Methods and systems for nucleic acid sequencing using nanopores" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,644, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for nucleic acid sequencing using nanopores" was invented by Justin P. Kinney (San Jose, Calif.) and Daniel Bedau (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of performing nucleic acid sequencing may comprise using a disintegrator situated in a fluidic channel of a sequencing device to cleave off a portion of a nucleic acid molecule in the fluidic channel; applying an electrostatic force to divert the portion of the nucleic acid molecule through a nanopore; detecting an ionic current through the nanopore; a...