ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,514, issued on March 17, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).
"Method of producing biochips" was invented by Yoichiro Koshi (Kamakura, Japan) and Kunihisa Nagino (Kamakura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of biochip production includes a step A of applying a solution containing a selective binding substance, a salt, and a condensing agent to the surface of a substrate, a step B of immobilizing the selective binding substance to the surface of the substrate, a step C of drying the applied solution to allow the salt in the solution to precipitate on the surface of the substrate, and a step D of using an image d...