Patents by Inventor Peter N. Ma

Peter N. Ma 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).

  • Compositions, systems, and methods for immiscible fluid discrete volume manipulation
    Patent number: 9152150
    Abstract: Systems and methods of manipulating discrete volumes of a first fluid in a second fluid are provided. In some embodiments, discrete volumes can be formed in a conduit. In other embodiments, addition fluid can be added to a discrete volume in a first conduit by injecting the addition fluid at a relatively higher pressure. In some embodiments, discrete volumes that normally would not coalesce can be manipulated to be merged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Biosystems, LLC
    Inventors: Linda G. Lee, Mark F. Oldham, Sam L. Woo, David M. Cox, Richard T. Reel, Peter N. Ma, Ben F. Johnson, Dennis Letho