US Patent Issued to Vilnius University, Droplet Genomics, UAB on July 15 for "Systems and methods for encapsulation and multi-step processing of biological samples" (Lithuanian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,024, issued on July 15, was assigned to Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Droplet Genomics, UAB (Vilnius, Lithuania).

"Systems and methods for encapsulation and multi-step processing of biological samples" was invented by Linas Mazutis (Vilnius, Lithuania), Greta Stonyte (Vilnius, Lithuania), Karolis Leonavicius (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Ausra Zelvyte (Vilnius, Lithuania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to methods and systems for isolation of species in semi-permeable capsules and processing of encapsulated species through series of steps and/or reactions. To produce capsules, first aqueous two-phase sys...