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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Matthew Cooper McGuinness, San Diego, CA (US);
Melinda M. Valencia, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Manish Giri, Corvallis, OR (US);
Chantelle Elizabeth Domingue, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeremy Sells, Albany, OR (US);
Matthew David Smith, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/06 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/12 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/06 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01N 15/0266 (2013.01); G01N 15/1031 (2013.01); G01N 15/12 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); G01N 27/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/10 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1493 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfluidic sensing device comprises a channel and an impedance sensor within the channel. The impedance sensor comprises a local ground and an electrode within the channel. The local ground and the electrode are to form an electric field region that is elongated along the channel.