ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,220, issued on May 12, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Code-multiplexed sensor networks for microfluidic impedance spectroscopy" was invented by Ali Fatih Sarioglu (Atlanta) and Ningquan Wang (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device for particle analysis, such as immunophenotyping, includes a plurality of microfluidic channels for the passage of a particle-laden fluid flow, a plurality of dedicated impedance sensors for generating impedance signals relative to each microfluidic sensor. The impedance sensors are CODES Coulter sensors, each having a distinct coded sequence for generating mutu...