ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,989, issued on July 15, was assigned to Zhejiang Dapu Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Jiaxing, China).

"Co-detection and digital quantification of bioassay" was invented by Xiaonan Xu (Jieyang, China), Ruyuan Song (Huanghua, China), Shuhuai Yao (Hong Kong) and Kwok Fai Joseph Chow (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods and devices for detecting and quantifying multiple biomolecules at single-molecule level using an integrated droplet microfluidic system. In one embodiment, the present invention provides real-time and digital measurement of multiple biomolecules in a sample, thereby quantifying multip...