ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,280, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Microfluidic apparatus, driving method and formation method thereof" was invented by Kaidi Zhang (Shanghai), Wei Li (Shanghai), Baiquan Lin (Shanghai), Yunfei Bai (Shanghai), Kerui Xi (Shanghai) and Feng Qin (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic apparatus, a driving method, and a formation method are provided. An example microfluidic apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are both smooth substrates. An electrode array layer is on a side of the first subs...