Patent ID: 11885822
Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONAL
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  C | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of experimental design parameters that include a set of synthetic routes each designed to reach a single target end product according to a plurality of reaction conditions for a plurality of reactions, via control circuitry, to a dispensing subsystem and an automation subsystem for controlling a plurality of reactions of reagents within a plurality of reaction vessels, wherein the single target end product is known and is the same for each of the set of synthetic routes and wherein the plurality of reaction conditions each vary with a plurality of values and include:
different temperatures, different periods of time, and at least one of different reagents and different reagent concentrations;

delivering different amounts of the reagents to respective reaction vessels of the plurality of reaction vessels by the dispensing subsystem including a liquid dispenser and according to the experimental design parameters to form reaction mixtures of the different amounts of the reagents contained within the plurality of reaction vessels;
selectively moving, by the automation subsystem, the plurality of reaction vessels from a location proximal to the dispensing subsystem to at least one reactor module;
driving, by the at least one reactor module, the plurality of reactions of the reaction mixtures within the plurality of reaction vessels in parallel to form compositions within the plurality of reaction vessels, the plurality of reactions being driven in accordance with the plurality of reaction conditions, including exposure to the different temperatures and the different periods of time, as defined by the experimental design parameters;
selectively moving, by the automation subsystem, the plurality of reaction vessels from the at least one reactor module to a location proximal to an analysis subsystem;
analyzing, by analysis subsystem, the compositions while contained within the plurality of reaction vessels at a speed on an order of one reaction per second; and
identifying, by the control circuitry, optimum reaction conditions for synthetically forming the single target end product based on the analysis of the compositions received from the analysis subsystem, the optimum reaction conditions including a set of reaction conditions to synthetically form the single target end product as optimized for an objective, and the set of reaction conditions including select values for each of the plurality of reaction conditions as defined by the experimental design parameters.