US Patent Issued to ILLUMINA on July 14 for "Reagent reservoirs and related systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,033, issued on July 14, was assigned to ILLUMINA INC. (San Diego).

"Reagent reservoirs and related systems and methods" was invented by Paul Crivelli (San Diego), Justin Davidson (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Norman Khoo (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reagent reservoirs and related systems and methods are disclosed. In accordance with a first implementation, an apparatus includes a system and a reagent reservoir. The system includes a reagent reservoir receptacle. The reagent reservoir is received within the reagent reservoir receptacle and has a body and a fluidic port. The body defines a storage chamber, a sipper chamber, a...