Patent ID: 7691330
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C07B,C07H,C07K,C40B,G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automated apparatus for forming an array of ligands on a support having localized areas, comprising: one or more dispensers supplied with one or more solutions of a monomer or polymer, wherein the one or more dispensers is operative to dispense a volume of solution in a single coupling step of less than 5 nl at a distance away from a localized area, a support having a surface and having a density of localized areas at least about 1000 localized areas per cm a positioning system having a translational controller configured to repeatedly position the dispenser relative to individual localized areas on the support with the one or more dispensers dispensing the one or more solutions of the monomer or polymer for attachment at the individual localized areas until an array of at least 100 different ligands each at individual localized areas is formed.