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Method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore

US8137569B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Sony Deutschland GmbH · DE
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC · GB

Inventors

Oliver Harnack · Stuttgart, DE
Jurina Wessels · Stuttgart, DE
Akio Yasuda · Eßlingen, DE
James Anthony Clarke · Felton, GB
Terry Reid · Seabrook, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2009
Grant date	Mar 20, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/249961
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of fabricating a membrane having a tapered pore, a polymeric membrane having a tapered pore, and uses of such polymeric membrane are disclosed. The membrane includes apertures of increasing diameter which are aligned with each other to form the tapered pore.

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