EP1796824A4 - Thermal reaction device and method for using the same - Google Patents

Thermal reaction device and method for using the same

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Publication number
EP1796824A4
EP1796824A4 EP05766055.7A EP05766055A EP1796824A4 EP 1796824 A4 EP1796824 A4 EP 1796824A4 EP 05766055 A EP05766055 A EP 05766055A EP 1796824 A4 EP1796824 A4 EP 1796824A4
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same
reaction device
thermal reaction
thermal
reaction
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French (fr)
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EP1796824A2 (en
Inventor
Federico Goodsaid
Marc A Unger
Jiang Huang
Emerson Quan
Robert Grossman
Phillip Lam
Hou-Pu Chou
Jake Kimball
Martin Pieprzyk
Geoffrey Facer
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Standard Biotools Corp
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Fluidigm Corp
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Priority claimed from US10/837,885 external-priority patent/US7476363B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/876,046 external-priority patent/US20050145496A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/043,895 external-priority patent/US8105553B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/058,106 external-priority patent/US7867763B2/en
Application filed by Fluidigm Corp filed Critical Fluidigm Corp
Publication of EP1796824A2 publication Critical patent/EP1796824A2/en
Publication of EP1796824A4 publication Critical patent/EP1796824A4/en
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