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Closed-loop biochemical analyzers    
United States Patent6235471   
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Inventor(s)Knapp; Michael (Redwood City, CA); Parce; John Wallace (Palo Alto, CA); Bousse; Luc J. (Menlo Park, CA); Kopf-Sill; Anne R. (Portola Valley, CA)
AbstractIntegrated systems, apparatus, software, and methods for performing biochemical analysis, including DNA sequencing, genomic screening, purification of nucleic acids and other biological components and drug screening are provided. Microfluidic devices, systems and methods for using these devices and systems for performing a wide variety of fluid operations are provided. The devices and systems of are used in performing fluid operations which require a large number of iterative, successive or parallel fluid manipulations, in a microscale, or sealed and readily automated format.



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Inventor     Knapp; Michael (Redwood City, CA); Parce; John Wallace (Palo Alto, CA); Bousse; Luc J. (Menlo Park, CA); Kopf-Sill; Anne R. (Portola Valley, CA)
Owner/Assignee     Caliper Technologies Corp. (Mountain View, CA)
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Publication Date     May 22, 2001
Application Number     09/054,962
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Filing Date     April 3, 1998
US Classification     435/6 435/7.1 435/91.1 435/91.2 435/283.1 536/24.33
Int'l Classification     C12Q 001/68 G01N 033/53 C12P 019/34 C01H 021/04 C12M 001/00
Examiner     Horlick; Kenneth R.
Assistant Examiner     Siew; Jeffrey
Attorney/Law Firm     Alan, Murphy; Matthew B. Quine; Jonathan Law Offices of Jonathan Alan Quine
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Parent Case     CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of provisional patent application U.S. Ser. No. 60/068,311, entitled "Closed Loop Biochemical Analyzer" by Knapp, filed Dec. 19, 1997. The subject application is also a continuation-in-part of 08/835,101 by Knapp et al. filed Apr. 4, 1997, abandoned, converted to a provisional application 60/086,240 filed Apr. 4,1997 by filing a petition under 37 C.F.R. .sctn..sctn.1.53(C) and 1.17(a) on Jan. 20, 1998), entitled "Microfluidic Devices and Systems for Performing Integrated Fluid Operations." Both of these applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
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USPTO Field of Search     435/6 435/7.1 435/91.1 435/91.2 435/283.1 536/24.33
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