ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,973, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LABTURBO BIOTECH Corp. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Nucleic acid extraction cartridge and operating method thereof" was invented by Chi-Sheng Tai (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Shih-Jeng Dai (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a nucleic acid extraction cartridge. The cartridge comprises a plurality of tubes for pre-disposing reagents and consumables and a waste tank for storing waste liquid generated during the extraction process. During the extraction process, it is possible to cooperate with a positive pressure pump or a negative pressure pump, for pushin...