ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,497, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to EPISIL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

"Biochip and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Wen Ting Hsu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), De Chuan Liu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Kuo Yu Li (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biochip is configured for detecting biological materials in a solution and includes at least one detection unit, which includes a substrate, a first insulation layer disposed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer, a second insulation layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a protection layer. The semiconductor layer is dispo...