ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,475, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kryptos Biotechnologies Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for extracting nucleic acids from a biological sample" was invented by Javier Farinas (Los Altos, Calif.) and Jun Ho Son (Albany, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for extracting nucleic acids includes mixing a biological sample with a solid-phase substrate to produce a sample fluid. The nucleic acids in the sample fluid bind to the solid-phase substrate. The method also includes flowing the sample fluid in a fluid conduit to a trapping site. The trapping site may include a chamber. The method may further include ...