ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,927, issued on March 24, was assigned to Baebies Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Digital microfluidics multi-dynamic range parallel biochemical assays" was invented by Michael A. Basmajian (Durham, N.C.), Michael Boso (Durham, N.C.) and Jennifer Elderbroom (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to biochemical assays and more particularly to digital microfluidics multi-dynamic range parallel biochemical assays. The invention provides methods that enable improved precision and linearity for digital microfluidics analyses (i.e., analyses performed on a droplet actuator using droplet operations), including fo...