ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,786, issued on July 14, was assigned to Formulatrix International Holding Ltd. (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

"Fluidic detection and control algorithm for PCR analysis" was invented by Rasmus Lindblom (Bedford, Mass.) and Michael Nilsson (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for systems and methods for detecting and making real-time adjustments to positional control of a fluidic volume moving through an optical detection region in a fluidic channel of a chip on a RT-qPCR system. Said embodiments are disclosed within a RT-qPCR system having a chip and a cartridge for receiving the chip, and f...