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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Keith J. Breinlinger, San Ramon, CA (US);
Daniele Malleo, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Gaetan L. Mathieu, Varennes, CA (US);
J. Tanner Nevill, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
Mark P. White, San Francisco, CA (US);
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A group of micro-objects in a holding pen in a micro-fluidic device can be selected and moved to a staging area, from which the micro-objects can be exported from the micro-fluidic device. The micro-fluidic device can have a plurality of holding pens, and each holding pen can isolate micro-objects located in the holding pen from micro-objects located in the other holding pens or elsewhere in the micro-fluidic device. The selected group of micro-objects can comprise one or more biological cells, such as a clonal population of cells. Embodiments of the invention can thus select a particular group of clonal cells in a micro-fluidic device, move the clonal cells to a staging area, and export the clonal cells from the micro-fluidic device while maintaining the clonal nature of the exported group.