ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,681, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Filtration-based systems and methods for isolation of clustered particles" was invented by Ali Fatih Sarioglu (Atlanta) and Mert Boya (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides an isolation device for isolating clustered particles. The isolation device can include an inlet configured to receive a fluid and an outlet configured to output the fluid. The fluid can include a plurality of non-clustered particles and a plurality of clustered particles. The isolation device can include a plurality of microwells. ...