Gel patterned surfaces

US11173466B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Illumina, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven M. Barnard · San Diego, US
• M. Shane Bowen · Encinitas, US
• Maria Candelaria Rogert Bacigalupo · Encinitas, US
• Wayne N. George · London, GB
• Andrew A. Brown · Cambridge, GB
• James Tsay · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2021
• Expiry date: May 28, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/00722
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An example method includes contacting a substrate coated with a sol-gel material with a stamp that includes a plurality of protruding features. While contacting the coated sol-gel material with the stamp, the example method further includes curing the coated sol-gel material so as to form a patterned sol-gel layer that includes a plurality of wells. The stamp is separated from the patterned sol-gel layer.