ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,737, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOPPAN Inc. (Tokyo).

"Method for detecting target molecule" was invented by Takumi Hirase (Taito-ku, Japan) and Yoichi Makino (Taito-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a target molecule of a structure body, including contacting a dispersion liquid including a structure body with a well array including wells such that the structure body is introduced into the wells, bringing a sealing solution into contact with the well array such that the structure body is sealed in at least one of the wells, extracting a content of the structure body in the well, detecting a surfac...