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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2014
Applicants:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Slipchip Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Rustem F. Ismagilov, Altadena, CA (US);

Feng Shen, Pasadena, CA (US);

Liang Li, Pasadena, CA (US);

David Selck, Alhambra, CA (US);

Joe Baker, Fallbrook, CA (US);

Espir Kahatt, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Chris Da Costa, Vista, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 99/00 (2010.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/527 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); B01L 3/523 (2013.01); G01N 1/4077 (2013.01); B01L 3/502753 (2013.01); B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/045 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/069 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0672 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0874 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1855 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1877 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0409 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0457 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0478 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0481 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0493 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0644 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0677 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0683 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to fluidic systems for controlling one or more fluids and/or one or more reagents. These systems can be used in combination with one or more devices for assaying, processing, and/or storing samples. In particular, the systems and related methods can allow for dispensing fluid in a controlled manner and/or introducing pause(s) when implementing assays or processes.


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