Multifunctional surfaces

US6140135A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Ulf Landegren · Uppsala, SE
• Alexander Khorlin · Rockville, US
• Maritha Mendel-Hartvig · Uppsala, SE
• Ove Ohman · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C40B40/10
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Array, and methods for the production thereof, of selected immobilized molecules for interaction analysis in which each molecule has a predetermined, identifiable position in the array. The array is obtainable by and the methods are characterized by the following steps: a) bundling and fixing together flat or elongated, thin carrier elements in a regular way, each element having immobilized thereto a selected molecule and having an identifiable position in the array, b) sectioning the bundles and optionally, c) depositing the sections on a support.