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(43) Date of publication: 19.01.2022 Bulletin 2022/03 (21) Application number: 20770906.4 (22) Date of filing: 13.03.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G02B 21/26(2006.01) G01N 21/27(2006.01) G01N 21/25(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): G01N 2201/104; B01L 2400/0409; B01L 2200/0647; B01L 3/0293; B01L 2200/16; G02B 21/26; B01L 7/52; B01L 2300/0803; G01N 21/6452; C12Q 1/6874; B01L 3/5025; G02B 21/0036; G01N 21/253; G01N 21/6456 (86) International application number: PCT/US2020/022816 (87) International publication number: WO 2020/186243 (17.09.2020 Gazette 2020/38)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 14.03.2019 US 201962818549 P 23.04.2019 US 201962837684 P 19.06.2019 US 201916445798 11.10.2019 US 201962914293 P 07.11.2019 US 201916677067 07.11.2019 US 201916677115 (71) Applicant: Ultima Genomics, Inc. Newark, California 94560 (US)

(72) Inventors: BECKETT, Nathan Newark, California 94560 (US) ALMOGY, Gilad Newark, California 94560 (US) CASWELL, Nathan Newark, California 94560 (US) WOLF, Jacob A. Newark, California 94560 (US) BARBEE, Kristopher Newark, California 94560 (US) PRISTINSKI, Denis Newark, California 94560 (US) PRATT, Mark Newark, California 94560 (US) POLOVY, Gene Newark, California 94560 (US) SCHWARTZ, Osip Newark, California 94560 (US) KUBECKA, Stephanie Newark, California 94560 (US) MENCHEN, Steven Newark, California 94560 (US) ANTHONY, Joseph Newark, California 94560 (US) SOSA, Jose Martin Newark, California 94560 (US) LEE, Phillip You Fai Newark, California 94560 (US) (74) Representative: TLIP Limited  14 King Street Leeds LS1 2HL Leeds LS1 2HL (GB)