US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Feb. 3 for "Non-thermal cycling for polymerase chain reaction" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,353, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Non-thermal cycling for polymerase chain reaction" was invented by Inanc Ortac (La Jolla, Calif.) and Sadik C. Esener (Solana Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for non-thermal cycling of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In one aspect, a method for cycling PCR includes receiving an electrolytic fluid including ions, primers, polymerase enzymes, nucleotides, and a double-stranded nucleic acid in a fluid chamber having a first electrode and a second electrode, applying an electri...