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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:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Josef Oefner, Innsbruck, AT;
Scott P Hunicke-Smith, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; C12M / ; B01D / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436 94 ; 536 231 ; 536 254 ; 4352851 ; 4352865 ; 4352866 ; 422 50 ; 422 63 ; 422243 ; 422281 ; 422295 ; 935 76 ; 935 85 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for producing a defined size distribution of polynucleotide fragments having a selected mean size range between about 100 and 20,000 base pairs. The method includes passing a suspension of polynucleotide fragments through an apparatus containing a capillary with an orifice near the outlet end of the capillary.