Patent · US Expired

Use of ultraphobic surfaces having a multitude of hydrophilic areas for analyzing samples

US7456392B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QIAGEN GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Engelking · Neustadt, DE
Karsten Reihs · Cologne, DE
Eckhard Nordhoff · Berlin, DE
Martin Muller · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2003
Grant date	Nov 25, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31504
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of surfaces having hydrophilic and/or oleophilic areas, each of which being completely surrounded by the ultraphobic areas, for analyzing samples. The invention also relates to a method for precisely dosing liquids without contaminating them.

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