Patents by Inventor Zewen Liu

Zewen Liu 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).

  • Individually addressable micro-electromagnetic unit array chips
    Patent number: 6806050
    Abstract: This invention provides electromagnetic chips and electromagnetic biochips having arrays of individually addressable micro-electromagnetic units, as well as methods of utilizing these chips for directed manipulation of micro-particles and micro-structures such as biomolecules and chemical reagents. An electromagnetic biochip comprises an individually addressable micro-electromagnetic unit chip with ligand molecules immobilized on its surface. By controlling the electromagnetic field at each unit of the array and combining this control with magnetic modification of biomolecules, these chips can be used for directed manipulation, synthesis and release of biomolecules in order to increase sensitivity of biochemical or chemical analysis and reduce assay time. Other advantages with these chips include minimized damages to biological molecules and increased reproducibility of assay results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: AVIVA Biosciences
    Inventors: Yuxiang Zhou, Litian Liu, Ken Chen, Depu Chen, Jia Wang, Zewen Liu, Zhimin Tan, Junquan Xu, Xiaoshan Zhu, Xuezhong He, Wenzhang Xie, Zhiming Li, Xiumel Liu
  • Individually addressable micro-electromagnetic unit array chips
    Patent number: 6355491
    Abstract: This invention provides electromagnetic chips and electromagnetic biochips having arrays of individually addressable micro-electromagnetic units, as well as methods of utilizing these chips for directed manipulation of micro-particles and micro-structures such as biomolecules and chemical reagents. An electromagnetic biochip comprises an individually addressable micro-electromagnetic unit chip with ligand molecules immobilized on its surface. By controlling the electromagnetic field at each unit of the array and combining this control with magnetic modification of biomolecules, these chips can be used for directed manipulation, synthesis and release of biomolecules in order to increase sensitivity of biochemical or chemical analysis and reduce assay time. Other advantages with these chips include minimized damages to biological molecules and increased reproducibility of assay results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Aviva Biosciences
    Inventors: Yuxiang Zhou, Litian Liu, Ken Chen, Depu Chen, Jia Wang, Zewen Liu, Zhimin Tan, Junquan Xu, Xiaoshan Zhu, Xuezhong He, Wenzhang Xie, Zhiming Li, Xiumei Liu
  • Individually addressable micro-electromagnetic unit array chips
    Publication number: 20020022276
    Abstract: This invention provides electromagnetic chips and electromagnetic biochips having arrays of individually addressable micro-electromagnetic units, as well as methods of utilizing these chips for directed manipulation of micro-particles and micro-structures such as biomolecules and chemical reagents. An electromagnetic biochip comprises an individually addressable micro-electromagnetic unit chip with ligand molecules immobilized on its surface. By controlling the electromagnetic field at each unit of the array and combining this control with magnetic modification of biomolecules, these chips can be used for directed manipulation, synthesis and release of biomolecules in order to increase sensitivity of biochemical or chemical analysis and reduce assay time. Other advantages with these chips include minimized damages to biological molecules and increased reproducibility of assay results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Yuxiang Zhou, Litian Liu, Ken Chen, Depu Chen, Jia Wang, Zewen Liu, Zhimin Tan, Junquan Xu, Xiaoshan Zhu, Xuezhong He, Wenzhang Xie, Zhiming Li, Xiumei Liu