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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. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jody Beecher, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank Scheufele, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kamen Voivodov, Hayward, CA (US);
Scot Weinberger, Montara, CA (US);
William Landgraf, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/175 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including a substrate having a surface and a film that coats the surface. The film includes openings that define features for the presentation of an analyte. The film also has a lower surface tension that the surface tension of the substrate surface, and has a water contact angle between 120° and 180°.