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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. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Garrett Unno, San Jose, CA (US);
Colin B. Kennedy, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Patrick Kaltenbach, Bischweier, DE;
Manfred Berndt, Waldbronn, DE;
Assignee:
Caliper Technologies Corp., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/506 ; G01N 2/736 ; B02L 3/00 ; B02L 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/506 ; G01N 2/736 ; B02L 3/00 ; B02L 3/02 ;
Abstract
Microfluidic devices and systems that include keying, registration or indication elements that communicate a functionality of the microfluidic device to the instrumentation which is used in conjunction with these devices. Indicator elements include structural indicators, electrical indicators, optical indicators and chemical indicators. Different indicator elements are indicative of different functionalities, e.g., applications, new vs. used, and the like.