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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Havens R. John, San Diego, CA (US);
Dan Smolko, Jamul, CA (US);
Jain Krotz, San Diego, CA (US);
John J. Scott, Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Nanogen, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/508 ; B29C 3/910 ; B29C 7/070 ; B29C 7/078 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/508 ; B29C 3/910 ; B29C 7/070 ; B29C 7/078 ;
Abstract
Microreaction molds and methods of molding very thin films onto substrate surfaces are provided. The molds and molding methods allow for consistency and uniformity in the thicknesses of the films that are applied to the substrate surfaces. The molds may be single composite, such as etched silica, or multicomposite, such as quartz/metal. The molds may further comprise an adjustable molding cavity. The molds of this invention are particularly applicable to generating thin polymeric films onto microchip substrates.