Intellectual Property

Our intellectual property provides the technical springboard from which existing and new products originate. The company has seven patents issued and nine pending approval.

U.S. Patents Issued and Unchallenged:
Multiplexed, absorbance-based capillary electrophoresis system and method US Patent No7,534,335
Issued May 19, 2009
Multiplexed CE Fluorescence System. German Patent NoDE 2006 058 575 B4
Issued January 1, 2009
Micro Fabricated Chip and Method of Use. US Patent No7,497,937
Issued March 3, 2009
Flow Cytometer for Rapid Microbial Detection. US Patent No7,468,789
Issued December 23, 2008
Lead Screw Bearing. US Patent No7,434,486
Issued October 14, 2008
Device and Method for Grinding Biological Samples. US Patent No7,370,819
Issued May 13, 2008
Vortexer. US Patent No7,296,924
Issued November 20, 2007
Robotic Friendly External Loading System for Electrophoresis Instrument and Method. US Patent No7,118,659
Issued October 10, 2006
Capillary Electrophoresis Gel Especially for Separation Made for Single Stranded Nucleic Acid Separations. US Patent No7,083,711
Issued August 1, 2006
Two-Dimensional Protein Separations Using Chromatofocusing and Multiplexed Capillary Gel Electrophoresis. US Patent No6,969,452
Issued November 29, 2005
Multiplexed, Absorbance-Based Capillary Electrophoresis System and Method. US Patent No6,833,919
Issued December 21, 2004
Multiplexed, Absorbance-Based Capillary Electrophoresis System and Method. US Patent No6,833,062
Issued December 21, 2004
Method of Analyzing Multiple Samples Simultaneously by Detecting Absorption. US Patent No6,788,414
Issued September 7, 2004
RBD Sample Delivery Methods, Key to Low-level Detection. US Patent No6,473,171
Issued October 29, 2002
Integrated Multiplexed Capillary Electrophoresis System Using Absorption Detection. US Patent No6,387,234
Issued May 14, 2002
Multiplexed fluorescence detector system for capillary electrophoresis. US Patent No5,498,324
Issued March 12, 1996
Multiplexed fluorescence detector system for capillary electrophoresis. US Patent No5,324,401
Issued June 28, 1994