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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110082 | Photoelectrochemical molecular comb A method, system, and apparatus are provided for separating molecules, such as biomolecules. The method, system, and apparatus utilize an electrochemical cell having at least two electrodes, one electrode comprising a photo-sensitive material capable of generating a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7811437 | Conductive media for electrophoresis A series of low molarity conductive media based on non-buffering univalent cations, such as sodium chloride-sodium acetate (SCA), sodium boric acid (SB), lithium boric acid, and lithium acetate mitigate the “runaway” positive feedback heating loop produced by co... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7435388 | Applicator of a fluid sample on a substrate Applicator of a fluid sample on a substrate, wherein at least an applying blade substantially of rectangular shape in its turn defining a body of the blade, a tip of the blade and two facing side edges of the blade, wherein each blade has a drain of the body of the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422670 | System for pH-neutral stable electrophoresis gel A gel and buffer system for gel electrophoresis wherein separation occurs at neutral pH. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413908 | Gel extraction device A gel extraction device comprising a hollow cutting member having a cutting edge at one end and a squeeze bulb at the other end. In a further embodiment, the air passage between the cutting edge and the bulb has a constriction zone to prevent any extracted gel from ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410560 | Device for storage and delivery of standards for gel electrophoresis Gel plugs that can be stored in a sealed condition and delivered individually to an electrophoresis gel as standards for electrophoretic separations are retained in a cartridge that is cleanly breakable into individual sections, each section retaining a gel plug of ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402229 | Fabrication and use of semipermeable membranes and gels for the control of electrolysis in a microfluidic device A microfluidic device and method is disclosed having one or more membranes for the control of electrolysis. In one embodiment, a microfluidic device is disclosed that includes body with first channel and second channels separated by a gel layer. A first electrode po... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399396 | Sparsely cross-linked nanogels: a novel polymer structure for microchannel DNA sequencing The present invention is generally directed to novel polymeric mateirals for use in the electrophoretic separation of nucleic acids. In particular, the novel polymer materials are sparsely crosslinked nanogels, dissolved in an aqueous buffer to form solutions with m... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399394 | Electrophoresis device, electrophoresis method using an electrophoresis device and use of the electrophoresis device An electrophoresis device having a separation chamber that is provided with at least one sample inlet on the inlet side and outlets (9) for the electrophoretically treated sample species on the outlet side. The separation chamber is divided into two chamber p... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7384780 | Hybridization method and hybridization equipment The equipment of the present invention can implement high-speed hybridization with a simple construction and is configured as described below. The equipment comprises a biochip prepared by fixing biopolymers onto a plurality of sites on a substrate, positive ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384527 | Electrophoresis apparatus and a plate therefor The invention provides an electrophoresis apparatus comprising an electrophoretic chamber containing at least on two-plate housing for a sieving matrix, each said at least one two-plate housing consisting of a cover plate and a plate for housing said sieving matrix,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375875 | Electrophoretic media and processes for the production thereof A first electrophoretic medium comprises an electrically charged particle suspended in a suspending fluid, the particle having a polymeric shell having repeating units derived from at least one monomer the homopolymer of which is incompatible with the suspending flu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364647 | Laminated flow device A laminated flow device comprises a porous material encapsulated within bonding material. The porous material forms a flow path and the bonding material forms an enclosure surrounding the flow path. Micro-components, such as capillaries, electrodes, reservoirs, brid... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361260 | Methods, articles and kits for labeling polymer gels The invention provides methods, apparatus and kits for integrally labeling polymeric gels, such as polyacrylamide and agarose gels, with indicia that can serve, inter alia, unambiguously to identify the individual gel, using polymeric film labeled with detectable in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361308 | Spot picker device and method for picking gel plugs The present invention relates to devices and methods for removing gels plugs (47) from a gel(3) bonded to a surface (5) wherein means are provided for rotating the gel plug before lifting it from said surface. The rotation of the gel plug is int... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347922 | Multi-dimensional proteomic analysis method A multi-dimensional proteomic analysis method utilizing cationic electrophoresis is described. The method includes separating proteins in one direction using cationic electrophoresis and separating the proteins in a second orthogonal direction using other electropho... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327346 | Electrode and connecting designs for roll-to-roll format flexible display manufacturing The present invention generally is directed to electrode designs suitable for roll-to-roll format flexible manufacturing of an EPD. It is also directed to an EPD having a segment design in a repeated pattern across an entire roll of the display. The EPD preferably i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323092 | Multichannel microscale system for high throughput preparative separation with comprehensive collection and analysis While the present invention has been described in conjunction with a preferred embodiment, one of ordinary skill, after reading the foregoing specification, will be able to effect various changes, substitutions of equivalents, and other alterations to the compositio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312916 | Electrophoretic media containing specularly reflective particles An electrophoretic medium (100) comprises at least one type of particle (108) suspended in a suspending fluid (106) and capable of moving therethrough on application of an electric field to the medium, the particles (108) including at lea... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304780 | Backplane design for display panels and processes for their manufacture The present invention relates to a backplane design for display panels and processes for their manufacture. The invention provides cost-effective ways to manufacture a display panel because the manufacture does not involve the use of a patterned ITO substrate, flexi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282128 | Buffers for electrophoresis and use thereof Various embodiments provide, for example, buffer compositions and/or sieving formulations useful in connection with electrophoresis instruments, such as capillary electrophoresis (CE) devices. In various embodiments, a buffer composition can include Bis-Tris, TAPS a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283119 | Color electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes unit cells each containing i) two sets of display electrodes and a collection electrode and ii) two kinds of translucent colored electrophoretic particles having charge polarities different from each other. The unit cells a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264703 | Gel trap for electrophoresis An apparatus for electrophoresis having a first gel matrix, adapted for performing an electrophoretic process therein, in communication with a second gel matrix, both being accommodated within a suitable housing. The housing has a first opening adapted to permit ion... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261920 | Process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate A process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate is disclosed. A pattern is printed with a material, such as a masking coating or an ink, on the substrate, the pattern being such that, in one embodiment, the desired thin film structures will be f... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259744 | Dielectrophoretic displays A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of part... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250100 | Two dimensional electrophoresis cassette A device for two-dimensional electrophoresis includes a cassette comprising two opposing plates. The two opposing plates form a first elongated portion for receiving a first elongated electrophoretic separation medium and a second portion extending away from the fir... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247275 | Gel extraction device A gel extraction device comprising a hollow cutting member and a plunger ejector member. The hollow cutting member has a proximal tubular body terminating at one end in a circular rim having oppositely disposed spring engaging structures and a distal sloped transiti... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242513 | Encapsulated electrophoretic displays having a monolayer of capsules and materials and methods for making the same An encapsulated electrophoretic display having a plurality of non-spherical capsules disposed substantially in a single layer on a substrate. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236290 | Electrophoretic medium with improved stability An electrophoretic medium comprises a liquid and at least one particle disposed within the liquid and capable of moving therethrough on application of an electric field to the medium. The medium further comprises a free radical scavenger selected from the group cons... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235123 | Particle transport and near field analytical detection Particle collection, transport, and detection systems are disclosed. The systems are uniquely adapted for collecting or concentrating particles from a flowing medium and then transporting the collected particles to a desired location or for subsequent analysis. Elec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236292 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226792 | Method for selecting an optimal diet and exercise regimen based on LDL and HDL subclass determination The invention provides novel methods for selecting an optimal diet and exercise regimen for a patient based on the consideration of several factors, including low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) subclass levels. Furthermore, the inventio... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223672 | Processes for forming backplanes for electro-optic displays A non-linear element is formed on a flexible substrate by securing the substrate to a rigid carrier, forming the non-linear element, and then separating the flexible substrate from the carrier. The process allows flexible substrates to be processed in a conventional... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211181 | Photoelectrochemical molecular comb A method, system, and apparatus are provided for separating molecules, such as biomolecules. The method, system, and apparatus utilize an electrochemical cell having at least to electrodes, one electrode comprising a photo-sensitive material capable of generating a ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199781 | Method of producing display panel and display panel The prevent invention is a method in which microcapsules are placed at desired locations selectively accurately and easily to produce a high accuracy electrophoretic display panel. In the production method of a display panel of the present invention, the microcapsul... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198703 | Chamber-forming electrophoresis cassette cover A multielevational cover for assembling a fluid retaining chamber on a face of an electrophoresis cassette is presented. The cover comprises a cassette-containing member, at least one chamber-defining member, and sealing means, typically sealing means that are capab... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7177066 | Electrophoretic display driving scheme A system and method are disclosed for reducing reverse bias in an electrophoretic display. The system and method include the application of varying levels of voltages across an array of electrophoretic display cells of the electrophoretic display to move the cells t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170670 | Electrophoretic medium and display with improved image stability An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of particles suspended in a suspending fluid, the particles being capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field to the medium, the fluid having dissolved or dispersed therein a polymer havin... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170470 | Methods and apparatus for subjecting an element to an electrical field The invention includes providing a display by moving a colorant particle, having an electric charge, inside a channel of a body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the channel and a direction of incoming illumination rays. Th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161732 | Electrophoretic display, method for making the electrophoretic display, and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic display comprising a plurality of microcapsules disposed between a pair of substrates, wherein each microcapsule comprises a capsule body containing an insulating fluid and charged particles dispersed in the fluid. The microcapsules are contacted ... | 01/09/2007 |
