Patent Issued for Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides (USPTO 12084716).

10X Genomics Inc. has been issued a patent for methods and systems for processing polynucleotides. The patent describes techniques for analyzing genomic and proteomic information from individual cells or small populations of cells, including cancer cells, fetal cells, and immune cells. These methods involve labeling cells with nucleic acid barcodes and using sequencing to identify the labeled cells or specific nucleic acid sequences. The patent provides detailed descriptions of the methods and systems involved, which have applications in diagnostics, prognostics, biotechnology, and forensic biology. [Extracted from the article]