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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Oliver Harnack, Stuttgart, DE;
Jurina Wessels, Starnberg, DE;
Akio Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
James Clarke, Colchester, GB;
Terry Reid, Bicester, GB;
Inventors:
Oliver Harnack, Stuttgart, DE;
Jurina Wessels, Starnberg, DE;
Akio Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
James Clarke, Colchester, GB;
Terry Reid, Bicester, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited, Kidlington, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore, a polymeric membrane having a tapered pore, and uses of such polymeric membrane are disclosed. The membrane includes apertures of increasing diameter which are aligned with each other to form the tapered pore.