ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,479, issued on March 17, was assigned to ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Wax-microsphere matrix compositions and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Sebastien Ricoult (Sawston, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method including exposing a composition comprising a wax-microsphere matrix to a first melt-condition, wherein said wax-microsphere matrix comprises a wax component and a plurality of lyophilised microspheres, wherein said plurality of lyophilised microspheres comprise one or more reagent, whereby exposing said composition comprising said wa...