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High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices    
United States Patent6306659   
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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)
AbstractAn apparatus for analyzing a plurality of compounds is used in conjunction with microfluidic devices for performing high throughput screening assays. A conveyor system delivers libraries of compounds to a microfluidic device which accesses the compounds in order to screen large numbers of different compounds for their effects on a variety of chemical and 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     October 23, 2001
Application Number     09/196,535
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Filing Date     November 20, 1998
US Classification     436/47 422/55 422/58 422/63 422/65 435/4 435/6 435/287.1 435/287.3 436/514 436/518
Int'l Classification     G01N 035/02 G01N 021/00
Examiner     Chin; Christopher L.
Assistant Examiner     Pham; Minh-Quan K.
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 of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/881,696 filed Jun. 24, 1997, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/761,575 filed Dec. 6, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,056, and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/671,987, filed Jun. 28, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,942,443, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. A PCT Application designating the United States of America, WO8/00231, published Jan. 8, 1998, 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     436/47 436/518 436/514 435/4 435/164 435/6 435/810 435/287.3 422/55 422/58 422/102 422/63 422/65
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