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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Quake, Pasadena, CA (US);
Wayne D. Volkmuth, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/18 ; G01N 3/3487 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/18 ; G01N 3/3487 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a microfabricated device and methods of using the device for analyzing and sorting of single polynucleotides, e.g. by size, according to an optical signal measured within a detection region of the device. An optical signal such as fluorescence from a reporter molecule associated with the polynucleotide molecules can be used to determine polynucleotide size or to direct selected polynucleotides into one or more selected branch channels of the device.
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