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ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTRE FERMI AVENUE HARWELL OXFORD DIDCOT OX11 0QR

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• C01B:NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF
• C30B:SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH

• 2010 Application Filing Year
• C01B Class
• 1080 Applications Filed
• 760 Patents Issued To-Date
• 70.38 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Cooper, Michael Andrew	Wokingham, GB	9	168
# of filed Patents : 9 Total Citations : 168
Dorn, Bärbel Susanne Charlotte	Bracknell, GB	3	4
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 4
Martineau, Philip Maurice	Littlewick Green, GB	34	496
# of filed Patents : 34 Total Citations : 496
Scarsbrook, Geoffrey Alan	Ascot, GB	71	1034
# of filed Patents : 71 Total Citations : 1034
Twitchen, Daniel James	Sunningdale, GB	71	1396
# of filed Patents : 71 Total Citations : 1396

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
August 25, 2015	US,9115443,B2   US9115443B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
January 27, 2011	US,20110017126,A1   US20110017126A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 9120096

Manipulating the size of liquid droplets in digital microfluidics

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A biological sample processing system (1) includes a liquid droplet manipulation instrument (20) with an electrode array (21) for inducing a movement of a liquid droplet (19) by electrowetting; a substrate (22); and a control unit (23). An electrode selector (34) of the control unit (23) is configured to individually select and provide each electrode (35) of the electrode array (21) with a voltage. The control unit (23) includes a central processing unit (36) for individually selecting at least one electrode (35) and for providing the selected electrode(s) (35) with an individual voltage pulse. The biological sample processing system (1) also includes a cartridge (40) with a container (2).

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