ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,169, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Systems and methods for particle separation and concentration" was invented by Alison Skelley (Richmond, Va.), Khushroo Gandhi (Richmond, Va.), Anthony Ward (Richmond, Va.) and Yasna Behmardi (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for generating a product enriched in one or more target particles, comprising a cassette to which the one or more microfluidic cartridges are releasably coupled and supported, the cassette comprising (i) a plurality input containers releasably and fluidically coupled thereto, wherein at least one of th...