Patents by Inventor JENNIFER O. FOLEY

JENNIFER O. FOLEY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DROPLET ACTUATOR WITH LOCAL VARIATION IN GAP HEIGHT TO ASSIST IN DROPLET SPLITTING AND MERGING OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20140216559
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to droplet actuators with local variation in gap height and methods of their use to facilitate droplet splitting and merging operations. The droplet actuators have increased gap-height regions that track droplet transport paths such that droplets can be transported along the paths with reduced risk of merging with droplets on adjacent paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: JENNIFER O. FOLEY
  • METHODS OF MANIPULATING A DROPLET IN A DROPLET ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20140124037
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of manipulating a droplet in a droplet actuator. Methods of the invention utilize light alone or light in combination with droplet operations to, for example, pin droplets, split droplets, pattern surfaces, and/or sort droplets, particles, and/or cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: JENNIFER O. FOLEY