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High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices    
United States Patent6274337   
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Inventor(s)Parce; J. Wallace (Palo Alto, CA); Kopf-Sill; Anne R. (Portola Valley, CA); Bousse; Luc J. (Menlo Park, CA)
AbstractThe present invention provides novel microfluidic devices and methods that are useful for performing high-throughput screening assays. In particular, the devices and methods of the invention are useful in screening large numbers of different compounds for their effects on a variety of chemical, and preferably, biochemical systems.



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High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices
Inventor     Parce; J. Wallace (Palo Alto, CA); Kopf-Sill; Anne R. (Portola Valley, CA); Bousse; Luc J. (Menlo Park, CA)
Owner/Assignee     Caliper Technologies Corp. (Mountain View, CA)
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Publication Date     August 14, 2001
Application Number     09/044,557
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Filing Date     March 19, 1998
US Classification     435/29 366/DIG.2 435/4 435/5 435/7.2 435/7.21 435/7.22 435/7.23 435/7.24 435/7.25 435/7.3 435/7.31 435/7.32 435/287.1 435/287.2 435/287.3 435/288.5 436/514 436/536
Int'l Classification     C12Q 001/02
Examiner     Le; Long V.
Assistant Examiner     Pham; Minh-Quan K.
Attorney/Law Firm     Shaver; Gulshan H. Quine; Jonathan , Alan Law Offices of Jonathan Alan Quine
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Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/881,696, filed Jun. 24, 1997, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/671,987 filed Jun. 28, 1996, U.S. Pat. No. 5,942,443 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/761,575 filed Dec. 6, 1996, U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,056, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. A PCT Application designating the United States of America, substantially identical to the present application, was co-filed in the United States Receiving Office on Jun. 24, 1997. This application is also incorporated herein by reference.
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USPTO Field of Search     435/5 435/7.2 435/7.21 435/7.22 435/7.23 435/7.24 435/7.25 435/7.32 435/7.31 435/7.3 435/29 435/287.1 435/287.2 435/287.3 435/288.5 436/514 436/536
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