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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2000
Xiao Ping Zhou, Lompoc, CA (US);
Sam Bergh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher E. Dube, Lexington, MA (US);
Lynn Van Erden, Livermore, CA (US);
Xiao Ping Zhou, Lompoc, CA (US);
Sam Bergh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher E. Dube, Lexington, MA (US);
Lynn Van Erden, Livermore, CA (US);
Symyx Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in parallel reaction of materials. The apparatus includes a base having a plurality of reaction wells formed therein and a sealing device positioned over the reaction wells for individually sealing each of the reaction wells. One of the sealing device and the base having chamfered ridges extending generally around a periphery of each of said plurality of reaction wells. The other of the sealing device and the base having a contact surface formed of a material softer than the material of the chamfered ridges to create a knife-edge seal between the sealing device and the base when the sealing device and the base are forced into contact with one another.