ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,282, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CYTESI INC (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) device" was invented by Tung-Yu Wu (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Tsung-Yuan Wu (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) device. The EWOD device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate comprises a plurality of first electrodes configured to be respectively controllably connected to signal lines. The first hydrophobic layer disposed over the plurality of first electrodes. The second substrate comprises a sec...