Patent · US Expired

Process for immobilization of nucleic acid molecules on a substrate

US6811980B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sony International (Europe) GmbH · DE

Inventors

William Ford · Stuttgart, DE
Jurina Wessels · Stuttgart, DE
Oliver Harnack · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2001
Grant date	Nov 2, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/8305
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for immobilization of nucleic acid molecules on a substrate, wherein the substrate is treated with atomic oxygen plasma prior to immobilizing the nucleic acid molecules thereon. The invention is further related to immobilized nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof.

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