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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2010
Benjamin Joseph Hindson, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin Dean Ness, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Billy Wayne Colston, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Fred Paul Milanovich, Danville, CA (US);
Donald Arthur Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph Makarewicz, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin Joseph Hindson, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin Dean Ness, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Billy Wayne Colston, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Fred Paul Milanovich, Danville, CA (US);
Donald Arthur Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph Makarewicz, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
System, including method and apparatus, for performing droplet-based assays. In the method, an emulsion may be obtained that includes droplets packed closely together in a three-dimensional packing arrangement. Data related to an analyte may be collected from individual droplets of the reacted emulsion as such droplets travel serially through a detection region.