Patent ID: 9725758
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B01J,C12Q

Claim:
1. A method of producing a replicate or derivative of an array of molecules, the array comprising a spatial arrangement of separate samples of molecules, the method comprising: creating, for each sample, at least one spatially limited effective area which is separate from the effective areas of the other samples, the effective areas being spatially limited liquid amplifying agent areas, wherein a surface, provided with a binding adapter, of a carrier borders on the effective areas and the binding adapter is immobilized and arranged over an entire area of the carrier; amplifying the molecules with amplifying agents in the effective areas for creating replicates or derivatives of every one of the samples; binding the replicates or derivatives of the samples to the carrier with the binding adapter, so that a spatial arrangement of the copies or derivatives of the samples on the carrier corresponds to the spatial arrangement of the samples in the array; removing the carrier comprising the replicates or derivatives of the samples from the array; wherein the method of creating at least one spatially limited effective area further comprises producing a spatially limited amplifying agent area; the process of binding the replicates or derivatives to the carrier is performed simultaneously with the amplifying of the molecules; and the method is performed independently of whether any biochemical sequences or information of the array are known or predetermined.