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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Jan Berka, New Haven, CT (US);
Yi-ju Chen, New Haven, CT (US);
John H. Leamon, Guilford, CT (US);
Steve Lefkowitz, Branford, CT (US);
Kenton L. Lohman, Guilford, CT (US);
Vinod B. Makhijani, Guilford, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Rothberg, Guilford, CT (US);
Gary J. Sarkis, Guilford, CT (US);
Maithreyan Srinivasan, Branford, CT (US);
Michael P. Weiner, Guilford, CT (US);
Jan Berka, New Haven, CT (US);
Yi-Ju Chen, New Haven, CT (US);
John H. Leamon, Guilford, CT (US);
Steve Lefkowitz, Branford, CT (US);
Kenton L. Lohman, Guilford, CT (US);
Vinod B. Makhijani, Guilford, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Rothberg, Guilford, CT (US);
Gary J. Sarkis, Guilford, CT (US);
Maithreyan Srinivasan, Branford, CT (US);
Michael P. Weiner, Guilford, CT (US);
454 Life Sciences Corporation, Branford, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for nucleic acid amplification wherein nucleic acid templates, beads, and amplification reaction solution are emulsified and the nucleic acid templates are amplified to provide clonal copies of the nucleic acid templates attached to the beads. Also disclosed are kits and apparatuses for performing the methods of the invention.