ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,647, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cellanome Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Methods for enclosing and analyzing a cell in a fluidic device" was invented by Tarun Kumar Khurana (Palo Alto, Calif.), Ali Agah (Palo Alto, Calif.), Yir-Shyuan Wu (Palo Alto, Calif.), Pier Federico Gherardini (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Filiz Gorpe Yasar (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for analyzing biological samples (e.g., cells), including a method comprising (a) introducing a first cell into a fluidic device, (b) introducing a second cell into the fluidic device, (c) introducing a polymer precurs...