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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. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael R Knapp, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Calvin Y Chow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Luc Bousse, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Technologies, Corp., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204600 ; 204601 ;
Abstract
Microfluidic devices are provided for the performance of chemical and biochemical analyses, syntheses and detection. The devices of the invention combine precise fluidic control systems with microfabricated polymeric substrates to provide accurate, low cost miniaturized analytical devices that have broad applications in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology and numerous other fields.