Patents
US 12590508 B2: Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems
- Granted
- 2026-03-31
- Filed
- 2023-04-03 application 18194871
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Microfluidic structures and methods for manipulating fluids, fluid components, and reactions are provided. In one aspect, such structures and methods can allow production of droplets of a precise volume, which can be stored/maintained at precise regions of the device. In another aspect, microfluidic structures and methods described herein are designed for containing and positioning components in an arrangement such that the components can be manipulated and then tracked even after manipulation. For example, cells may be constrained in an arrangement in microfluidic structures described herein to facilitate tracking during their growth and/or after they multiply.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 (ipgb20260331.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President and Fellows of Harvard College 2,238 patents | US company or organization | Cambridge, MA | Harvard University College or university EXACT high confidence: through the nonprofit with the college's EIN (identical full name and state) PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
| Brandeis University 165 patents | US company or organization | Waltham, MA | Brandeis University College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY INC. State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Fraden | Newton, MA | 22 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 | |
| Hakim Boukellal | Paris, FR | 10 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 | |
| Yanwei Jia | Medford, MA | 19 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 | |
| Seila Selimovic | Bronx, NY | 10 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 | |
| Amy Rowat | Cambridge, MA | 28 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 | |
| Jeremy Agresti | Cambridge, MA | 66 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 | |
| David A. Weitz | Cambridge, MA | 126 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E21B | Earth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells | E21B36/02 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
| B01L | Chemical or physical laboratory apparatus for general use | B01L3/502746 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
| F17D | Pipe-line systems; pipe-lines | F17D1/12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N1/28 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
| Y02C | Capture, storage, sequestration or disposal of greenhouse gases [ghg] | Y02C20/40 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T137/0324 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-03-31 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FRADEN, SETH signed 2010-02-18 BOUKELLAL, HAKIM signed 2010-03-20 JIA, YANWEI signed 2010-01-06 SELIMOVIC, SEILA signed 2010-01-08 | BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY WALTHAM, MA | 65208/181 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-10-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ROWAT, AMY signed 2010-01-06 AGRESTI, JEREMY signed 2011-04-11 WEITZ, DAVID A. signed 2010-01-06 | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, MA | 65208/37 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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