Patent ID: 7541008

Claim:
A reactor for carrying out a plurality of simultaneous reactions between at least first and second fluids, the reactor comprising a reactor plate having therein a plurality of flow paths in each of which the at least first and second fluids may react and a reservoir plate provided in plane parallel relationship to the reactor plate, the reservoir plate having therein reservoirs, the reservoirs including a first reservoir common to the plurality of the flow path for supply of the first fluid hereto and at least one second reservoir common to the plurality of flow paths for supply of the second fluid thereto, the reservoirs including at least a first reservoir for the first fluid and a second reservoir for the second fluid, wherein the reservoirs extend in a direction which crosses the plurality of flow paths, such that each of the reservoirs is in fluid communication with the plurality of flow paths in the reactor plate, where each of the plurality of reactions occurs within each of the plurality of flow paths.