ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,125, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Nanopore sensing device" was invented by Ping Xie (Oxford, Great Britain), Justin Millis (Oxford, Great Britain) and Rhodri Davies (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanopore sensing device comprises a planar structure provided with plural fluidic passages extending between the first and second chambers. The planar structure supports nanopores in membranes across respective passages and sensor electrodes are arranged to sense a fluidic electrical potential in respective passages between the nanopores and the second...