Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James R. Rogers
  • Patent number: 6376619
    Abstract: High-density, miniaturized arrays including high surface areas. Arrays described include substrate with a coating of linking agents, as well as arrays with reactants affixed to the substrates. Methods of manufacturing high-density arrays of reactants. The methods include the use of oriented, heat shrink films and elastomeric materials. Methods of functionalizing a substrate with linking agents for subsequent affixation of reactants are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kurt J. Halverson, Sanjay L. Patil, Jerald K. Rasmussen