ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,829, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).

"Sensor with multiple reaction sites per pixel" was invented by Mohsen Rezaei (San Diego), Michael Burek (San Diego), Arvin Emadi (San Jose, Calif.) and Ludovic Vincent (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is set forth herein, in one example, an apparatus. The apparatus can comprise, for example: a first reaction site and a second reaction site over a single pixel. There is set forth herein, in one example, a method. The method can include, for example: detecting a signal emitted from a first reaction site and a second reaction site; determining the identit...