US Patent Issued to 10x Genomics on Feb. 17 for "Droplet forming devices and methods having fluorous diol additives" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,961, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Droplet forming devices and methods having fluorous diol additives" was invented by Tathagata Mukherjee (San Jose, Calif.), Eric Anderson (Lafayette, Calif.) and Stefanie Nishimura (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crosslinked fluorocarbon surface coating, kits therefor, microfluidic devices having crosslinked fluoropolymer surface coatings, and methods of use for droplet generation are provided. The kits, devices, and their methods have a droplet source region that is coated with a crosslinked fluoropolymer surface coating produced b...