ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,884, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).
"Intragel well sample loading system" was invented by Erik Gunther (Branford, Conn.), Mikhail Kostylev (New Haven, Conn.) and Stephen Strittmatter (Durham, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a protein separation microgel having a first plate having a first opening; a second plate; a gel substrate formed between the first plate and the second plate; and a plurality of wells positioned at a first non-zero distance from a first edge of the gel and at a second non-zero distance from a second edge of the gel; wherein the first and ...