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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Billy Wayne Colston, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Benjamin Joseph Hindson, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin Dean Ness, San Mateo, CA (US);
Donald Arthur Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Fred Paul Milanovich, Danville, CA (US);
Douglas N. Modlin, Livermore, CA (US);
Vincent Riot, Oakland, CA (US);
Samuel Burd, Oakland, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph Makarewicz, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Phillip Belgrader, Severna Park, MD (US);
Billy Wayne Colston, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Benjamin Joseph Hindson, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin Dean Ness, San Mateo, CA (US);
Donald Arthur Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Fred Paul Milanovich, Danville, CA (US);
Douglas N. Modlin, Livermore, CA (US);
Vincent Riot, Oakland, CA (US);
Samuel Burd, Oakland, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph Makarewicz, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Phillip Belgrader, Severna Park, MD (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, including apparatus and methods, for performing assays. These systems may involve separating sample components by partitioning them into droplets or other partitions, amplifying or otherwise reacting the components within the droplets, detecting the amplified components, or characteristics thereof, and/or analyzing the resulting data, among others.