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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:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Luc J. Bousse, Los Altos, CA (US);
Seth R. Stern, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard J. Mcreynolds, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Luc J. Bousse, Los Altos, CA (US);
Seth R. Stern, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard J. McReynolds, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/331 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/04 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to achieve controlled conductivity in microfluidic devices, and a device formed thereby. The method comprises forming a microchannel or a well in an insulating material, and ion implanting at least one region of the insulating material at or adjacent the microchannel or well to increase conductivity of the region.