ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,691, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LIGHTCAST DISCOVERY LTD (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Device and method for dispensing a droplet" was invented by James Bush (Cambridge, Great Britain), William Michael Deacon (Cambridge, Great Britain), Richard Jeremy Ingham (Cambridge, Great Britain), Thomas Henry Isaac (Cambridge, Great Britain), Gianmarco Mastrogiovanni (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Andreas Michael Waeber (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for dispensing one or more microdroplets is provided. The device comprising a microfluidic chip having an oEWOD structure configured to create an optically-...