Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Thermal Switch For Diagnostic Detection Chip Devices And Associated Methods Of Manufacture And Use

MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617054875 A) filed by Cepheid on April 29, 2026, for Thermal Switch For Diagnostic Detection Chip Devices And Associated Methods Of Manufacture And Use.

Inventors include Subramaniam, Gowtham; Dority, Douglas B.; Piccini, Matthew; and Zhang, Jing.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: Thermal control devices utilizing a thermal switch to facilitate cooling of a biological sample, particularly a biological sample tested with a semiconductor diagnostic detection chip. Such thermal switches can include a mass of thermally conductive material, such as copper or aluminum, that selectively con...