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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Arkadiy Silbergleit, Escondido, CA (US);
Adrian Fawcett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Andrew Swartz, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin Daley Simmons, San Diego, CA (US);
Arkadiy Silbergleit, Escondido, CA (US);
Adrian Fawcett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Andrew Swartz, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin Daley Simmons, San Diego, CA (US);
Helixis, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a microplate comprising a plurality of wells and methods and systems comprising such microplates, wherein an individual well comprises an opaque or non-transparent surface at or near the bottom of the well. The microplates herein can provide improved visualization of the process of filling a well with a liquid reagent. The microplates can be configured to perform chemical analysis, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or nucleic acid detection.