Detachable engageable microarray plate liner

US7618592B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Millipore Corporation · US

Inventors

• Richard T. Burnham · Gloucester, US
• Joseph P. Lane · Methuen, US
• Christopher A. Scott · Westford, US
• Steven Sheridan · Wakefield, US
• Richard J. Shafner · Lynnfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2300/0829
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A plate liner detachably engageable onto a microarray plate (or underdrain plate component thereof), suited for preventing or confining pendant drop formation. It is provided either as a stand-alone item, or—preferably—in kit form, within a sanitary package, together with other pre-matched microarray filtration components.