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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Inventor:
Garret Bautista, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2300/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1833 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sample plate for a thermal cycler suitable for performing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure includes a base plate and a number of reaction vessels extending upward from the base plate. The sample plate further includes a vertical wall surrounding an outer perimeter defined by the reaction vessels. The vertical wall can be a continuation vertical wall, an intermittent vertical wall, or a perforated vertical wall. The intermittent vertical wall can include a plurality of wall portions, each of which plurality of wall portions is separated from other wall portions via a plurality of gaps.