ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,547, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Microfluidic device chamber pillars" was invented by Carson Denison (Corvallis, Ore.), Erik D. Torniainen (Corvallis, Ore.), Richard W. Seaver (Corvallis, Ore.), Pavel Kornilovich (Corvallis, Ore.), Alexander Govyadinov (Corvallis, Ore.) and Anand Samuel Jebakumar (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device includes a chamber having sidewalls, a floor, a ceiling, and an inlet. The microfluidic device includes pillars extending from the floor to the ceiling of the chamber. Each pillar has an orientation relative to ...