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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:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Phillip W Barth, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Phillip W Barth, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31D 3/00 (2006.01); B44C 1/22 (2006.01); C25D 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for making an apparatus for sensing and/or characterizing a biopolymer translocating a nanopore. The apparatus of the present invention provides a first electrode, a first insulator, a second electrode, a optional insulator, a voltage source for applying a time varying potential difference between the electrodes, and a means of measuring the resulting current between the two electrodes. A method for making the apparatus is also disclosed.