US Patent Issued to 10x Genomics on June 2 for "Systems and methods for imaging samples" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,837, issued on June 2, was assigned to 10x Genomics Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for imaging samples" was invented by David Hoffman (Pleasanton, Calif.), Denis Pristinski (Dublin, Calif.), Evan DeJarnette (San Francisco) and David Morgan (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system includes an optical mounting plate having an aperture disposed between a first portion and a second portion, an imaging sensor disposed on the first portion, an objective lens disposed on the second portion, and an illumination assembly arranged within the aperture and disposed between the imaging sensor and the...