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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:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Andrea W. Chow, Los Altos, CA (US);
H. Garrett Wada, Atherton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrea W. Chow, Los Altos, CA (US);
H. Garrett Wada, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides novel methods for controlling/manipulating materials flowing in a fluidic device. In particular, the methods of the invention create and utilize differences between dispersion rates and/or average velocity of materials in order to manipulate the materials.