ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,094, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Imaging system hardware" was invented by Zachary Bent (Pleasanton, Calif.) and David Maurice Cox (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder includes a first member featuring a first retaining mechanism configured to retain a first substrate that includes a sample, a second member featuring a second retaining mechanism configured to retain a second substrate that includes a reagent medium, and an alignment mechanism connected to at least one of the first and second members, and configured to align the first and second members such...