US Patent Issued to MGI Tech on Dec. 16 for "Systems and methods for optical scanning and imaging through a fluid medium for nucleic acid sequencing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,552, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Systems and methods for optical scanning and imaging through a fluid medium for nucleic acid sequencing" was invented by Paul Lundquist (Oakland, Calif.), Jay Shafto (Mountain View, Calif.), Joyce Huang (Redwood City, Calif.) and Ziyi Wu (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems for nucleic acid sequencing that may include an objective coupled to an actuator, wherein the actuator is configured to move the objective over a surface of a substrate. In some embodiments, a droplet may be disposed ...