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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10041113 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2015

Apparatus, system, and method using immiscible-fluid-discrete-volumes

Applicant:

Applied Biosystems, Llc, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Linda G. Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sam L. Woo, Redwood City, CA (US);

Congcong Ma, Foster City, CA (US);

Richard T. Reel, Hayward, CA (US);

Mark F. Oldham, Emerald Hills, CA (US);

David M. Cox, Foster City, CA (US);

Benjamin G. Schroeder, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jon M. Sorenson, Alameda, CA (US);

Willy Wiyatno, Union City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Biosystems, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Cynthia B Wilder

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); F15C 5/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01); G01N 27/447 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); F15C 5/00 (2013.01); F16K 99/0001 (2013.01); F16K 99/0011 (2013.01); F16K 99/0013 (2013.01); G01N 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 27/44743 (2013.01); G01N 27/44769 (2013.01); G01N 35/08 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0036 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0061 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00353 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00364 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00608 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00612 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00619 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00626 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00637 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00653 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00657 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00659 (2013.01); B01L 3/0293 (2013.01); B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0421 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0084 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/4259 (2015.04); Y10T 137/85978 (2015.04); Y10T 137/85986 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86863 (2015.04); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the teachings relate to a system or method for sample preparation or analysis in biochemical or molecular biology procedures. The sample preparation can involve small volume processed in discrete portions or segments or slugs, herein referred to as discrete volumes. A molecular biology procedure can be nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid analysis can be an integrated DNA amplification/DNA sequencing procedure.

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