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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huangpin Ben Hsieh, Mountain View, CA (US);
John S. Fitch, Los Altos, CA (US);
Armin R. Völkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bryan Preas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Elrod, La Honda, CA (US);
Richard H. Bruce, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric Peeters, Fremont, CA (US);
Frank Torres, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Chabinyc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Huangpin Ben Hsieh, Mountain View, CA (US);
John S. Fitch, Los Altos, CA (US);
Armin R. Völkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bryan Preas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Elrod, La Honda, CA (US);
Richard H. Bruce, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric Peeters, Fremont, CA (US);
Frank Torres, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Chabinyc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Various traveling wave grids and electrophoretic systems, and electrode assemblies using such grids, are disclosed. A configuration in which a voltage potential is used to load a biomolecule sample against a grid is disclosed. A unique strategy of using multiple, reconfigurable grids in such systems is also described. The strategy involves initially conducting a broad protein separation and then selectively tailoring one or more grids, and conducting one or more secondary processing operations. Related strategies and specific methods are additionally disclosed for separating samples of biomolecules and components thereof using the noted systems, assemblies, and grids.