ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,906, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to 10X GENOMICS INC. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for barcode-assisted image registration and alignment" was invented by Preyas Shah (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for designing large sets of barcodes that ensure robust and efficient error correction capabilities are described. Also described are methods for assigning barcodes to target analytes that minimize optical crowding in in situ detection applications. Furthermore, methods for performing barcode error correction and for performing barcode-assisted image registration and alignment are also...