ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,032, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Waters Technolgoies Corp. (Milford, Mass.).

"Bonded hybrid polymer non-porous particles and their use for bioseparations" was invented by Nicole L. Lawrence (Stafford Springs, Conn.), Peng Chen (Lebanon, Conn.), Mingcheng Xu (Lexington, Mass.), Daniel P. Walsh (Danvers, Mass.) and Matthew A. Lauber (North Smithfield, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to non-porous composite particles that are non-porous, polymer-based particles. In various embodiments, a non-porous polymer core is surface modified. In various embodiments, a non-porous hybrid organic-inorganic...