ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,611, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing) and BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Digital microfluidics chip and drive method thereof, and digital microfluidics apparatus" was invented by Yingying Zhao (Beijing), Le Gu (Beijing), Bolin Fan (Beijing), Wenliang Yao (Beijing), Qiuxu Wei (Beijing), Yongjia Gao (Beijing) and Li Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital microfluidics chip and a drive method thereof, and a digital microfluidics apparatus are provided. The digital microfluidics chip includes a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2) which are oppositely d...