Patents by Inventor Rachel M. Schowalter

Rachel M. Schowalter 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).

  • Methods of conducting biochemical reactions while reducing reactive molecular species during electrowetting
    Patent number: 10309927
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein provide methods of reducing reactive molecular species in a reaction carried out in a digital fluidics device having one or more electrodes by using a reaction mixture comprising an electron acceptor additive. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the presence of reactive molecular species in the reaction mixture. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the formation of gas bubbles in the digital fluidic device. Therefore, in preferred embodiments, the electron acceptor additive does not form a gas when reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Rigo Pantoja, Rachel M. Schowalter, Jimmy Perrott, Cyril Delattre, Allen E. Eckhardt
  • METHODS OF CONDUCTING BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS WHILE REDUCING REACTIVE MOLECULAR SPECIES DURING ELECTROWETTING
    Publication number: 20160299101
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein provide methods of reducing reactive molecular species in a reaction carried out in a digital fluidics device having one or more electrodes by using a reaction mixture comprising an electron acceptor additive. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the presence of reactive molecular species in the reaction mixture. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the formation of gas bubbles in the digital fluidic device. Therefore, in preferred embodiments, the electron acceptor additive does not form a gas when reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Rigo Pantoja, Rachel M. Schowalter, Jimmy Perrott, Cyril Delattre, Allen E. Eckhardt