US Patent Issued to Western Digital Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Magnetic control of molecule translocation speed through a nanopore" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,064, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Magnetic control of molecule translocation speed through a nanopore" 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 system for controlling a translocation speed of a molecule through a nanopore may include a fluid chamber containing a solution with a magnetic susceptibility that is different from the magnetic susceptibility of the molecule, a nanopore situated in the fluid chamber, and at least one magnetic component configured to create a magnetic field gradient within ...