EP1406765A4 - Droplet dispensing system - Google Patents

Droplet dispensing system

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Publication number: EP1406765A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: dispensing system; droplet dispensing; droplet; dispensing
Prior art date: 2001-06-20
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

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Inventor

John Gilbert

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Cytonome Inc

Original Assignee

Cytonome Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2001-06-20

Filing date

2002-06-20

Publication date

2004-12-01

2001-12-21Priority claimed from US10/028,852external-prioritypatent/US7179423B2/en

2001-12-21Priority claimed from US10/027,922external-prioritypatent/US20030077570A1/en

2001-12-21Priority claimed from US10/027,171external-prioritypatent/US7041257B2/en

2001-12-21Priority claimed from US10/029,108external-prioritypatent/US6808683B2/en

2001-12-21Priority claimed from US10/027,484external-prioritypatent/US20030015425A1/en

2001-12-21Priority claimed from US10/027,516external-prioritypatent/US20020197733A1/en

2002-06-20Application filed by Cytonome IncfiledCriticalCytonome Inc

2004-04-14Publication of EP1406765A1publicationCriticalpatent/EP1406765A1/en

2004-12-01Publication of EP1406765A4publicationCriticalpatent/EP1406765A4/en

StatusWithdrawnlegal-statusCriticalCurrent

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
- B01L3/0241—Drop counters; Drop formers
- B01L3/0244—Drop counters; Drop formers using pins
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/02—Burettes; Pipettes
- B01L3/0241—Drop counters; Drop formers
- B01L3/0244—Drop counters; Drop formers using pins
- B01L3/0255—Drop counters; Drop formers using pins characterized by the form or material of the pin tip
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L2400/00—Moving or stopping fluids
- B01L2400/04—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means
- B01L2400/0403—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific forces
- B01L2400/0433—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific forces vibrational forces
- B01L2400/0439—Moving fluids with specific forces or mechanical means specific forces vibrational forces ultrasonic vibrations, vibrating piezo elements

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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Organic Chemistry (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Zoology (AREA)
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
Proteomics, Peptides & Aminoacids (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Clinical Laboratory Science (AREA)
Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
Biotechnology (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
Immunology (AREA)
Molecular Biology (AREA)
Biochemistry (AREA)
Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics (AREA)
Microbiology (AREA)
General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
Genetics & Genomics (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Biophysics (AREA)
Automatic Analysis And Handling Materials Therefor (AREA)
Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)

EP02744538A2001-06-202002-06-20Droplet dispensing systemWithdrawnEP1406765A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (17)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US27484		1993-03-03
US29951501P	2001-06-20	2001-06-20
US299515P		2001-06-20
US32504001P	2001-09-25	2001-09-25
US325040P		2001-09-25
US10/028,852US7179423B2 (en)	2001-06-20	2001-12-21	Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system
US10/027,922US20030077570A1 (en)	2001-09-20	2001-12-21	Small molecule substrate based enzyme activity assays
US10/027,171US7041257B2 (en)	2001-09-25	2001-12-21	Microfabricated two-pin liquid sample dispensing system
US27171		2001-12-21
US10/029,108US6808683B2 (en)	2001-09-25	2001-12-21	Droplet dispensing system
US27516		2001-12-21
US27922		2001-12-21
US10/027,484US20030015425A1 (en)	2001-06-20	2001-12-21	Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system
US28852		2001-12-21
US10/027,516US20020197733A1 (en)	2001-06-20	2001-12-21	Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system
US20108		2001-12-21
PCT/US2002/019826WO2003004275A1 (en)	2001-06-20	2002-06-20	Droplet dispensing system

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1406765A1 EP1406765A1 (en)	2004-04-14
EP1406765A4true EP1406765A4 (en)	2004-12-01

Family

ID=27574129

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP02744538AWithdrawnEP1406765A4 (en)	2001-06-20	2002-06-20	Droplet dispensing system

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1406765A4 (en)
JP (2)	JP4166690B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA2451314A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2003004275A1 (en)

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CA2564876C (en)	2004-04-30	2013-04-16	Bioforce Nanosciences, Inc.	Method and apparatus for depositing material onto a surface
WO2005115619A1 (en)*	2004-05-28	2005-12-08	Tops-Pin Aps	A microspotting pin for the production of microarrays
US8202494B2 (en)	2004-12-02	2012-06-19	The Governors Of The University Of Alberta	Apparatus and methods for liquid droplet deposition
EP1895308A1 (en)*	2006-09-01	2008-03-05	Agilent Technologies, Inc.	Droplet-based fluidic coupling
KR101309471B1 (en)	2010-06-28	2013-09-23	삼성전기주식회사	Fine discharge device

Citations (5)

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US4877745A (en)*	1986-11-17	1989-10-31	Abbott Laboratories	Apparatus and process for reagent fluid dispensing and printing
US5658802A (en)*	1995-09-07	1997-08-19	Microfab Technologies, Inc.	Method and apparatus for making miniaturized diagnostic arrays
US6183067B1 (en)*	1997-01-21	2001-02-06	Agilent Technologies	Inkjet printhead and fabrication method for integrating an actuator and firing chamber
US6232129B1 (en)*	1999-02-03	2001-05-15	Peter Wiktor	Piezoelectric pipetting device
US6242266B1 (en)*	1999-04-30	2001-06-05	Agilent Technologies Inc.	Preparation of biopolymer arrays

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2002
- 2002-06-20CACA002451314Apatent/CA2451314A1/ennot_activeAbandoned
- 2002-06-20WOPCT/US2002/019826patent/WO2003004275A1/enactiveApplication Filing
- 2002-06-20JPJP2003510266Apatent/JP4166690B2/ennot_activeExpired - Fee Related
- 2002-06-20EPEP02744538Apatent/EP1406765A4/ennot_activeWithdrawn
2008
- 2008-05-22JPJP2008134614Apatent/JP2008249720A/ennot_activeWithdrawn

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4877745A (en)*	1986-11-17	1989-10-31	Abbott Laboratories	Apparatus and process for reagent fluid dispensing and printing
US5658802A (en)*	1995-09-07	1997-08-19	Microfab Technologies, Inc.	Method and apparatus for making miniaturized diagnostic arrays
US6183067B1 (en)*	1997-01-21	2001-02-06	Agilent Technologies	Inkjet printhead and fabrication method for integrating an actuator and firing chamber
US6232129B1 (en)*	1999-02-03	2001-05-15	Peter Wiktor	Piezoelectric pipetting device
US6242266B1 (en)*	1999-04-30	2001-06-05	Agilent Technologies Inc.	Preparation of biopolymer arrays

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references ofWO03004275A1*

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JP2004534229A (en)	2004-11-11
WO2003004275A9 (en)	2004-01-29
EP1406765A1 (en)	2004-04-14
JP2008249720A (en)	2008-10-16
WO2003004275A1 (en)	2003-01-16
JP4166690B2 (en)	2008-10-15
CA2451314A1 (en)	2003-01-16

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP1494956A4 (en)	2006-06-07	Dispensing system
GB0109002D0 (en)	2001-05-30	Dispenser
GB0408477D0 (en)	2004-05-19	Collapsible dispensing system
AU149059S (en)	2002-08-29	Dispenser
AU150106S (en)	2002-12-06	Dispenser
AU148204S (en)	2002-06-17	Dispenser
GB0311096D0 (en)	2003-06-18	Dispensing system
AU150007S (en)	2002-12-02	Dispenser
EP1406765A4 (en)	2004-12-01	Droplet dispensing system
AU149077S (en)	2002-08-30	Dispenser
GB0111702D0 (en)	2001-07-04	Dispenser
GB0108967D0 (en)	2001-05-30	Dispensing gun
GB2383322B (en)	2005-09-07	Beverage dispense system
GB2373199B (en)	2004-12-08	An integrated mounted wheel-disinfecting dispensing system
AU2002345790A1 (en)	2003-01-21	Droplet dispensing system
GB0006856D0 (en)	2000-05-10	Dispensing systems
GB0103515D0 (en)	2001-03-28	Rechargable dispensing system
GB0100404D0 (en)	2001-02-21	Dispenser
AU152440S (en)	2003-07-29	Dispenser
CA91398S (en)	2001-01-26	Sprayer bottle
NZ514048A (en)	2001-09-28	Fluid dispensing system
GB0214863D0 (en)	2002-08-07	Spray dispensing system
GB0104355D0 (en)	2001-04-11	Fuel dispensing system
CA92218S (en)	2001-04-27	Dispenser bottle
GB0117275D0 (en)	2001-09-05	Dispensing arrangement

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2004-02-27	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text:ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2004-04-14	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date:20040117
2004-04-14	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document:A1 Designated state(s):AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
2004-04-14	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state:AL LT LV MK RO SI
2004-12-01	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date:20041015
2009-06-05	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text:STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2009-07-08	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date:20081231

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