ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,510, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Redbud Labs Inc. (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

"Microfluidic device for and methods of using surface-attached posts and capture beads in a microfluidic chamber" was invented by Richard Chasen Spero (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Jay Kenneth Fisher (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Dale Barnes (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) and Olivia Kanies (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic device for and methods of using surface-attached posts and capture beads in a microfluidic chamber is disclosed. For example, the microfluidics device includes a pair of substrates ...