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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:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiao Guan, San Rafael, CA (US);
Mark P. White, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason M. McEwen, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Gang F. Wang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin T. Chapman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Xiaohua Wang, Albany, CA (US);
Christine E. Sun, Emeryville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12M 23/20 (2013.01); C12M 23/34 (2013.01); C12M 23/50 (2013.01); C12M 23/58 (2013.01); C12M 41/18 (2013.01); C12M 41/32 (2013.01); C12M 41/48 (2013.01); C12Q 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1822 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0424 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0454 (2013.01);
Abstract
Functional assays using reporter cell assays are described which probe the activity of at least one cell of interest. The ability to probe at least one cell is provided by using the microfluidic methods, devices and kits described herein. Assays combining both reporter cell signaling as well as binding assay signaling for at least one cell is also described herein.