Patents by Inventor Justin Cooper McDonald

Justin Cooper McDonald 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).

  • Patent number: 7323143
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in certain embodiments, improved microfluidic systems and methods for fabricating improved microfluidic systems, which contain one or more levels of microfluidic channels. The inventive methods can provide a convenient route to topologically complex and improved microfluidic systems. The microfluidic systems provided according to the invention can include three-dimensionally arrayed networks of fluid flow paths therein including channels that cross over or under other channels of the network without physical intersection at the points of cross over. The microfluidic networks of the invention can be fabricated via replica molding processes, also provided by the invention, utilizing mold masters including surfaces having topological features formed by photolithography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Janelle R. Anderson, Daniel T. Chiu, Rebecca J. Jackman, Oksana Cherniavskaya, Justin Cooper McDonald, George M. Whitesides