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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:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
May. 02, 2005
Applicants:
James E. Hutchison, Eugene, OR (US);
Martin N. Wybourne, Hanover, NH (US);
Scott M. Reed, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
James E. Hutchison, Eugene, OR (US);
Martin N. Wybourne, Hanover, NH (US);
Scott M. Reed, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/553 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming arrays of metal, alloy, semiconductor or magnetic nanoparticles is described. An embodiment of the method comprises placing a scaffold on a substrate, the scaffold comprising, for example, polynucleotides and/or polypeptides, and coupling the nanoparticles to the scaffold. Methods of producing arrays in predetermined patterns and electronic devices that incorporate such patterned arrays are also described.