ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,175, issued on June 16, was assigned to NEAT BIOTECH INC. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Manipulation unit and manipulation equipment for biological particle" was invented by Jeng-Huei Shiau (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Chun-Lung Lien (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulation unit adapted for manipulating a biological particle is provided. The manipulation unit comprises a substrate, a core electrode, an internal electrode, an external electrode and an insulating layer. The core electrode, the internal electrode, the external electrode and the insulating layer are configured on the substrate. The core electrode incl...