Patents by Inventor Luc J. Bousse

Luc J. Bousse 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).

  • High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices
    Patent number: 6046056
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel microfluidic devices and methods that are useful for performing high-throughput screening assays. In particular, the devices and methods of the invention are useful in screening large numbers of different compounds for their effects on a variety of chemical, and preferably, biochemical systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Caliper Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: J. Wallace Parce, Anne R. Kopf-Sill, Luc J. Bousse
  • Controller/detector interfaces for microfluidic systems
    Patent number: 5989402
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to improved methods, structures and systems for interfacing microfluidic devices with ancillary systems that are used in conjunction with such devices. These systems typically include control and monitoring systems for controlling the performance of the processes carried out within the device, e.g., controlling internal fluid transport and direction, monitoring and controlling environmental conditions and monitoring results of the processes performed, e.g., detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Caliper Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Calvin Y. H. Chow, John Wallace Parce, Richard J. McReynolds, Colin B. Kennedy, Luc J. Bousse
  • Microfluidic devices incorporating improved channel geometries
    Patent number: 5976336
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides microfluidic devices which incorporate improved channel and reservoir geometries, as well as methods of using these devices in the analysis, preparation, or other manipulation of fluid borne materials, to achieve higher throughputs of such materials through these devices, with lower cost, material and/or space requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Caliper Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Robert S. Dubrow, Colin B. Kennedy, Luc J. Bousse
  • High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices
    Patent number: 5942443
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices and methods that are useful for performing high-throughput screening assays. In particular, the devices and methods of the invention are useful in screening large numbers of different compounds for their effects on a variety of chemical, and preferably, biochemical systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Caliper Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John Wallace Parce, Anne R. Kopf-Sill, Luc J. Bousse