US Patent Issued to 10x Genomics on June 16 for "Gaskets for the distribution of pressures in a microfluidic system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,168, issued on June 16, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Gaskets for the distribution of pressures in a microfluidic system" was invented by Tobias Daniel Wheeler (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Rajiv Bharadwaj (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic system includes a microfluidic chip having a plurality of fluid channels, each fluid channel having an opening providing access to an interior of the fluid channel, and a gasket disposable on the microfluidic chip in an aligned configuration, the gasket including a first side configured to face the microfluidic chip in the aligned configuration,...