Samsung Electronics of Seoul, South Korea, has been awarded US Patent No. 7,799,557, "Polymerase chain reaction module and multiple PCR system using the same."

Kwang-wook Oh, Jin-tae Kim, Kak Namkoong, Chin-sung Park, and Yoon-kyoung Cho are named as inventors on the patent.

Provides a DNA PCR module and a multiple PCR system using the same. More particularly, the patent provides a DNA PCR module with a combined PCR thermal cycler and PCR product detector, and a multiple PCR system using the same.