Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Edward J. DeFranco
  • Methods and articles for labeling polymer gels
    Patent number: 6521111
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, apparatus and kits for integrally labeling polymeric gels, such as polyacrylamide and agarose gels, with indicia that can serve, inter alia, unambiguously to identify the individual gel, using polymeric film labeled with detectable indicia and coated with materials that bond to the gel matrix as the gel polymerizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Invitrogen Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Amshey, Allen Bautista