US Patent Issued to ZEON, THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE on March 31 for "Methods and systems for processing particles" (Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,955, issued on March 31, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo), THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, N.J.) and UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore).

"Methods and systems for processing particles" was invented by Michael Grisham (Richmond, Va.), Curt I. Civin (Baltimore), James C. Sturm (Princeton, N.J.), Robert H. Austin (Princeton, N.J.), Joseph D'Silva (Princeton, N.J.) and Yu Chen (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are improved microfluidic devices and methods for processing cells that can improve cell quality, streamline workflows, and lower costs. Applications include research and...