ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,177, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ON-CHIP BIOTECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Single-particle analysis method, and system for performing said analysis" was invented by Kazuo Takeda (Tokyo), Yuu Fujimura (Tokyo), Takahide Ino (Tokyo), Masayuki Ishige (Tokyo) and Jin Akagi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to purify and concentrate differentiating cells derived from ES cells, iPS cells, or the like without damaging them.The above problem can be solved by an apparatus for analyzing and separating particles comprising: a flow path cartridge, an illumination unit, a detection unit for detecting...