Liquid purification or separation – With drip – overflow or content draining feature
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-17
2005-05-17
Popovics, Robert James (Department: 1724)
Liquid purification or separation
With drip, overflow or content draining feature
C210S406000, C210S473000, C210S474000, C210S416100, C210S919000, C422S105000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06893562
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for removal of liquid from the downstream side of a membrane or a well, such as a well of a multiwell plate. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a wicking structure, which channels droplets of liquid away from a membrane in communication with a plurality of wells. In the preferred embodiment, the wicking structure is placed in a manifold.
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Copy of the European Search Report dated May 16, 2003.
Busnach Jeffrey S.
Clark Phillip
Foley Brian
Gabriels Joseph E.
Millipore Corporation
Nields & Lemack
Popovics Robert James
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