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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:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Steven A. Henck, Woodbridge, CT (US);
CuraGen Corporation, New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses methodologies for the treatment of the surface(s) of DNA processing devices so as to greatly reduce DNA adsorption to the surface(s) exposed to the DNA-containing media. These aforementioned surface treatments include: (i) the deposition of thin-films of silicon-rich, silicon nitride and of hydroxyl-containing,low-temperature silicon oxide and (ii) the washing of surface with a basic, oxidative wash solution. The present invention also discloses the fabrication of DNA processing devices utilizing surface(s) treated by the methods described above. Such DNA processing devices include, for example, miniaturized electrophoresis and other DNA separation devices, miniaturized PCR reactors, and the like. The present invention further discloses methodologies for testing the degree of DNA adherence to a given surface. Additionally, the methodologies and devices of the present invention are also applicable to the processing of nucleic acids, in generally.
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