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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
H. Sam Bergh, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jason Wells, San Francisco, CA (US);
Victor Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
John Gallipeo, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Lynn Van Erden, Pollock Pines, CA (US);
Anthony F. Volpe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jeffrey Maag, Belmont, CA (US);
H. Sam Bergh, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jason Wells, San Francisco, CA (US);
Victor Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
John Gallipeo, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Lynn Van Erden, Pollock Pines, CA (US);
Anthony F. Volpe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jeffrey Maag, Belmont, CA (US);
Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for rapid analysis of members of a combinatorial library. The apparatus includes a plurality of reactor vessels for containing individual library members, a fluid handling system that apportions a test fluid about equally between each of the vessels and a housing for enclosing the reactor vessels, the housing defining a pressure chamber, wherein the housing is configured to sustain a pressure substantially above atmospheric pressure. This allows for simultaneous screening of library members at high pressure by providing a small pressure differential on reactor components. The disclosed apparatus is especially useful for screening library members based on their ability to catalyze the conversion of fluid reactants.