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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:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Applicants:
Pil-je Um, Pittsburg, CA (US);
Christopher A. Pohl, Union City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pil-Je Um, Pittsburg, CA (US);
Christopher A. Pohl, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a water-swellable hydrophobic hydrogel and analytical devices incorporating the hydrogel of the invention. Also provided are methods of using the hydrogel to prepare the analytical devices and methods of using the analytical devices to detect, quantitate and discriminate between analytes in a sample. Moreover, the invention provides kits that include components of a hydrogel and instructions for making a chip with a hydrophobic surface.