ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,693, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).

"Microfluidic device chamber pillars" was invented by Carson Denison (Corvallis, United Arab Emirates), Pavel Kornilovich (Corvallis, United Arab Emirates), Alexander Govyadinov (Corvallis, United Arab Emirates), Erik D. Torniainen (Corvallis, United Arab Emirates), Richard W. Seaver (Corvallis, United Arab Emirates) and Anand Samuel Jebakumar (Corvallis, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device includes a chamber having a floor, a ceiling, and an inlet. The microfluidic device includes pillars extending from t...