ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,132, issued on July 14, was assigned to Singular Genomics Systems Inc. (San Diego).

"Nucleotide cleavable linkers with rigid spacers and uses thereof" was invented by Ada Tong (San Diego), Ronald Graham (Carlsbad, Calif.), Megha Cila (San Diego), Eli N. Glezer (Del Mar, Calif.) and Zachary Terranova (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds, compositions, and methods of use thereof for sequencing a nucleic acid."

The patent was filed on May 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/918,072.

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