Patents by Inventor Robert W. Haigis

Robert W. Haigis 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 and materials for optimization of electronic transportation and hybridization reactions
    Patent number: 7314542
    Abstract: Methods for the transport and hybridization of a nucleic acid on an electrode device by providing a low conductivity buffer with a reducing agent to the device. The low conductivity buffer may also contain a zwitterion. A current and voltage is applied to a location of the device to effect electrophoretic transportation of the nucleic acid towards the location. The nucleic acid is then hybridized to a nucleic probed located at the location. The reducing agent in the low conductivity buffer may also be acting as a chaotropic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Nanogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Smolko, Paul D. Swanson, Dalibor Hodko, David Canter, Robert W. Haigis, Tricia Patterson