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Patent No.:

US 11150168 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2020

Semiconductor manufactured nano-structures for microbe or virus trapping or destruction

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yann Astier, Irvington, NY (US);

David Esteban, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Judson R. Holt, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

Henry K. Utomo, Ridgefield, CT (US);

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Cantor Colburn LLP

L. Jeffrey Kelly

Primary Examiner:

Nathan A Bowers

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); A61L 2/02 (2006.01); C09D 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/405 (2013.01); A61L 2/02 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); C09D 5/1681 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0668 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for isolating a microbe or a virion includes a semiconductor substrate; and a trench formed in the semiconductor substrate and extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate to a region within the semiconductor substrate; wherein the trench has dimensions such that the microbe or the virion is trapped within the trench.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Astier, Yann. (2021). Semiconductor manufactured nano-structures for microbe or virus trapping or destruction (U.S. Patent No. 11150168). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11150168

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