Patent 10982274 was granted and assigned to Roche Molecular Systems on April, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed are methods for nucleic acid amplification wherein nucleic acid templates, beads, and amplification reaction solution are emulsified and the nucleic acid templates are amplified to provide clonal copies of the nucleic acid templates attached to the beads. Also disclosed are kits and apparatuses for performing the methods of the invention.