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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Intelligent Biosystems Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Gordon, Weston, MA (US);
Daniel Stetson, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Intelligent Biosystems Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C40B 50/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); B01L 3/50851 (2013.01); B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); C40B 50/06 (2013.01);
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.