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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:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas G. Thundat, Knoxville, TN (US);
Thomas L. Ferrell, Knoxville, TN (US);
Gilbert M. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G. Thundat, Knoxville, TN (US);
Thomas L. Ferrell, Knoxville, TN (US);
Gilbert M. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 27/453 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for separating molecules, such as biomolecules. The method, system, and apparatus utilize an electrochemical cell having at least to electrodes, one electrode comprising a photo-sensitive material capable of generating a photopotential. Molecules are moved through an electrolyte medium between the at least two electrodes based upon localized photopotentials.