US Patent Issued to Bio-Rad Laboratories on May 12 for "Fluorescence detection system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,076, issued on May 12, was assigned to Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (Hercules, Calif.).

"Fluorescence detection system" was invented by Evan Thrush (San Anselmo, Calif.), Stephen L. Swihart (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Eli A. Hefner (Fairfield, Calif.), Michael Griffin (El Cerrito, Calif.) and Li Lu (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorescence detection system, including apparatus and methods, suitable for qPCR and other fluorescence-based analyses. The system may comprise various components, including a stage, an illumination module, a detection module, and an optical relay structure. The stage may be configured to suppor...