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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Steve Gordon, Weston, MA (US);
Daniel Stetson, Stow, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steve Gordon, Weston, MA (US);
Daniel Stetson, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C40B 50/14 (2006.01); C40B 50/06 (2006.01); C40B 40/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and devices for amplifying nucleic acid, and, in particular, amplifying so as to generate products on a surface without the use of emulsions. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of groups of amplified product are generated on the surface, each group positioned in different (typically predetermined) locations on said surface so as to create an array.