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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:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Neil Brahma, San Diego, CA (US);

Tyler J. Dill, San Diego, CA (US);

Michelle Kate Fu, San Diego, CA (US);

Brian A. Hanos, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Sahngki Hong, San Diego, CA (US);

Brinda Kodira Cariappa, San Diego, CA (US);

Lewis J. Kraft, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G03F 7/16 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01); G03F 7/038 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/2022 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G03F 7/168 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G03F 7/038 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example method, a water-soluble protective coating solution is applied over a bonding region and either i) a patterned region of a patterned structure or ii) a lane region of a non-patterned structure. The patterned region includes depressions having at least a polymeric hydrogel therein, and interstitial regions separating the depressions. The lane region includes a lane having at least the polymeric hydrogel therein. The water-soluble protective coating solution is dried to form a solid coating or a gel coating over the bonding region and over either i) the patterned region or ii) the lane region. Portions of the solid coating or the gel coating are selectively removed from the bonding region while leaving other portions of the solid coating or the gel coating over either i) the patterned region or ii) the lane region.


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