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Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2006
Applicants:

Marc Unger, San Mateo, CA (US);

Lincoln Mcbride, Belmont, CA (US);

Geoffrey Facer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Lucero, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Hany Ramez Nassef, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marc Unger, San Mateo, CA (US);

Lincoln McBride, Belmont, CA (US);

Geoffrey Facer, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Lucero, South San Francisco, CA (US);

Hany Ramez Nassef, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignees:

Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US);

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); G01N 27/453 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/453 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0481 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1827 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0655 (2013.01); B01L 2200/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and methods for performing the relative concentration of a target in a sample, the sample containing both target and non-target components, the method performed by partitioning the sample into a large number of reaction volumes such that the target is concentrated relative to the non-target, and performing a detection assay upon each reaction volume to detect the target.


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