Patent ID: 6709692
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A method of decreasing adsorption of an organic material to a surface, comprising:a) providing a fluid sample comprising an organic material; b) adding an effective amount of a surface adsorbing polymer to said fluid sample; c) contacting said fluid sample comprising said organic material and said surface adsorbing polymer to a surface; and d) performing a fluid operation; wherein:1) said surface adsorbing polymer binds non-covalently to said surface; 2) said surface adsorbing polymer reduces the amount of adsorption of said organic material to said surface; 3) said surface adsorbing polymer is not one of the reactants of said fluid operation or is added in excess of the amount normally added to said fluid sample; 4) said surface adsorbing polymer does not inhibit the fluid operation; 5) said fluid operation is a chemical reaction, a dilution, a titration, a detection, a mixing and drug screening assay, or a biochemical reaction; and 6 ) said surface is part of an apparatus and said surface is selected from the group consisting of ninety-six (96) well microtiter plates, three hundred eighty-four (384) well microtiter plates, one thousand five hundred thirty-six (1536) well microtiter plates, microtiter plates comprising more than one thousand five hundred thirty-six (1536) wells, microcentrifuge tubes, test tubes, pipettes, pipette tips, and multi-well plates.