Description
Category: Technology Licenses
Created On: 2022-04-28
Record Count: 8
Primary Industries
- Medical
- Diagnostic
- Device
- Genome
- Drug Discovery
- Delivery
- Assay
- Scientific & Technical Instruments
- Medical Info
IPSCIO Report Record List
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IPSCIO Record ID: 7068
Microfluidics deals with tiny bits of liquids, usually measured in infinitesimal amounts, such as microliters.
Disclosure # 157. Integrated Microfluidic System for Proteome Analysis.
Disclosure #198. Porous Capillary Interface for Microfluidic Chip System.
Disclosure # 194. Edman Degradation in Microfludic Chip System.
Disclosure # 199. Novel Electroextraction Method.
Disclosure # 201 and 217. Microfluidic Valve.
Disclosure # 202 and 214. Apparatus and Method for Edman Degradation on a Microfluidic Device Utilizing an Electroosmotic Flow Pump.
Disclosure #213. Integration of Bi-Direction Capillary Electrophoresis into the Integrated Microfluidic System for Proteome Analysis.
Disclosure # 216. An Integrated Microfluidic System for Proteome Analysis Using a Concentrating Membrane.
Disclosure # 245. Use of Laser Micromachining to Produce Hydrodynamic Flow Restrictors in Microfluidic Devices.
Disclosure #215 and # 246. Novel Interfaces for Coupling Microfluidic Systems with Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectromety.
Disclosure #255. A Novel Saw-Toothed Shaped Gradient for Chromatographic Separations.
IPSCIO Record ID: 237247
Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates the exclusive, non-governmental, commercial right and license under the Original Proprietary Rights to manufacture, have manufactured for Licensee and its Affiliates, use, sell, offer for sale and import the Products in the Original Field of Use, including the exclusive, non-governmental, commercial right to grant sublicenses in the Original Field of Use.
Licensor grants to Licensee and its Affiliates the exclusive, non-governmental, commercial right and license under the New Proprietary Rights to manufacture, have manufactured for Licensee and its Affiliates, use, sell, offer for sale and import the Products in All Fields of Use, including the exclusive, non-governmental, right to grant sub licenses in All Fields of Use.
Other Field shall mean the field of Analysis of Nucleic Acids for Diagnostic Applications and Non-Electrophoretic Means of Gene Discovery.
All Fields of Use shall mean all fields of application of the Proprietary Rights.
LabChip systems miniaturize, integrate and automate many laboratory processes and put them on a chip. Licensee developed our microfluidic LabChip technology to provide a revolutionary advance in laboratory experimentation for the pharmaceutical and other industries.
IPSCIO Record ID: 385632
The University grants, to the extent of the Licensed Territory, an exclusive license to Universities rights under the Patent Rights and University Technology to make, have made, use, offer for sale and sell Licensed Products in the Licensed Field, with the right to sublicense, provided, that, Licensee’s right in the field of microfluidics and microfluidic devices shall be nonexclusive, with respect to CALTECH’S interest in the patent application Photocurable Perfluoropolymers for use as Novel Materials in Microfluidic Devices.
University jointly owns patent applications relating to, and including, the patent application Photocurable Perfluoropolymers for use as Novel Materials in Microfluidic Devices.
Patents include
— Photocurable Perfluoropolyethers for Use as Novel Materials in Microfluidic Devices;
— Functional Materials and Novel Methods for the Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices;
— Methods and Materials for Fabricating Microfluidic Devices;
— Methods for Fabricating Isolated Micro-and Nanostructures Using Soft or Imprint Lithography;
— Nanoparticle Fabrication Methods, Systems, and Materials;
— Isolated and Fixed Micro and Nano Structures and Methods thereof;
— Low Surface Energy Polymeric Material for Use in Liquid Crystal Displays;
— Micro and Nano-particles for Photovoltaics and Methods of Making the Same;
— New Materials Based on PFPE With Hydrophilic Components;
— Nano-Molding of Large Area, 2-D Array Photovoltaic Cells;
— Delivery Apparatus and Associated Method;
— Degradable Compounds and Methods of Use Thereof Particularly with Particle Replication in Non-Wetting Templates; and,
— High Fidelity Through Hole Film, and Associated Method.
IPSCIO Record ID: 385633
This amendment modifies the sublicense royalty rates.
Patents include
— Photocurable Perfluoropolyethers for Use as Novel Materials in Microfluidic Devices;
— Functional Materials and Novel Methods for the Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices;
— Methods and Materials for Fabricating Microfluidic Devices;
— Methods for Fabricating Isolated Micro-and Nanostructures Using Soft or Imprint Lithography;
— Nanoparticle Fabrication Methods, Systems, and Materials;
— Isolated and Fixed Micro and Nano Structures and Methods thereof;
— Low Surface Energy Polymeric Material for Use in Liquid Crystal Displays;
— Micro and Nano-particles for Photovoltaics and Methods of Making the Same;
— New Materials Based on PFPE With Hydrophilic Components;
— Nano-Molding of Large Area, 2-D Array Photovoltaic Cells;
— Delivery Apparatus and Associated Method;
— Degradable Compounds and Methods of Use Thereof Particularly with Particle Replication in Non-Wetting Templates; and,
— High Fidelity Through Hole Film, and Associated Method.The Licensed Field of use means all fields.
IPSCIO Record ID: 5893
'Product' shall mean a Chip or a system incorporating a Chip with or without Storage Devices, Input/Output Devices or Ancillary Devices developed using, incorporating, utilizing, manufactured using, based upon, arising out of, or derived from the Licensed Technology.
'Ancillary Device' shall mean a detector or other device (but not a Storage Device or Input/Output Device) that is specifically designed by Sarnoff to interface with a Chip, Storage Device or Input/Output Device to the extent such detector or other devices are incorporated in Delivered Chips and Instruments. Ancillary Devices shall not include (without upper or lower limitations as to size or volume), (i) generic robotic fluid delivery systems, (ii) transport through synthetic or natural membranes, tubes or capillaries except when part of a Chip or Input/Output Device, (iii) conventional, non-electrokinetic fluid pumping or valving technology except when part of a Chip or Input/Output Device and (iv) 3D microimaging and modeling.
'Storage Device' shall mean a microfabricated flat structure device containing Microchambers, but not Microchannels or other Elements, that is either (i) specifically designed for interacting with or connecting to a Chip or (ii) broadly useful with Chips and other devices or primarily designed to be interfaced with micropipetting systems. A Storage Device of the type described in clause (i) is referenced to herein as a Type 1 Storage Device. A Storage Device described in clause (ii) is referred to herein as a Type 2 Storage Device.
Storage Device or Input/Output Device to the extent such detector or other devices are incorporated in Delivered Chips and Instruments.
Storage Device or Input/Output Device to the extent such detector or other devices are incorporated in Delivered Chips and Instruments. Ancillary Devices shall not include (without upper or lower limitations as to size or volume), (i) generic robotic fluid delivery systems, (ii) transport through synthetic or natural membranes, tubes or capillaries except when part of a Chip or Input/Output Device, (iii) conventional, non-electrokinetic fluid pumping or valving technology except when part of a Chip or Input/Output Device and (iv) 3D microimaging and modeling.
'Chip' shall mean a microfabricated flat structure device in one or more layers having a plurality of Microchannels or Microchannels and Microchambers in the form of (A) arrays (containing at least (i) six (6) Microchambers or (ii) two Circuits, each of which contains at least one Active Element), or (B) at least one Circuit containing at least three (3) serially connected Elements, at least one of which is an Active Element, to carry out or enable synthesis, reactions, assays, analyses or sample preparation by transporting or retaining aqueous or organic fluids that are solvents, solutions, mixtures or suspensions, including those containing chemicals, particles, membranes, membrane fragments, cells, cell components or other biologically derived substances.
'Microchannels' shall mean enclosed channels having a cross section at least 10 microns by 10 microns and no more than 2 millimeters by 2 millimeters. 'Microchambers' shall mean chambers having a volume of at least 10 picoliters and no more than 10 microliters.
'Combinatorial Chemistry' shall mean the synthesis of one or more compounds as part of a process to create compounds or resynthesize known compounds, where such compounds are to be used in clinical applications or in the discovery, development, testing or optimization of molecules, materials, or compounds, or mixtures thereof.
Partitioned Microelectronic And Fluidic Device Partitioned Microelectronic And Fluidic Device Synthesis (08/338703)
Partitioned Microelectronic Device Array (08/455016)
Liquid Distribution System (08/556036)
'In-vitro Diagnostic Field' shall mean the use of a Chip to undertake any medical or clinical assessment of the health or physical condition of a human or animal, or the assessment of the condition of a plant, when such assessment is performed outside the body of the human, animal or plant and environmental or food testing where testing is for the presence of microbes or cellular components such as nucleic acids, proteins or toxins. Such assessment includes, but is not limited to, the testing of body tissue, fluids, or cells; nucleic acid analysis; immunological analysis; therapy monitoring; predisposition analysis; viral analysis; microbiological analysis; therapeutic or abused drug analysis; and chemical analysis of tissue, fluids or cells. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the In-vitro Diagnostic Field does not include the use of a Chip for the purpose of discovering, developing, manufacturing, using and selling pharmaceutical products, but does include the use of Chips for Environmental Testing.
IPSCIO Record ID: 203423
With the Japanese Exclusion, the non-exclusive license granted expressly excludes the manufacture, use or sale of Post Exclusive Period Product having fewer than 16 electrophoresis channels in Japan.
IPSCIO Record ID: 452
IPSCIO Record ID: 280873
The Court also granted Licensor a permanent injunction against the Licensees GEM microfluidic chips and associated consumables that were found to infringe the patents.
The GEM microfluidic chips are Gel bead in Emulsion microfluidic chips.
US Patent No. 8,871,444, titled 'In vitro evolution in microfluidic systems.'
This patent covers techniques for detecting enzymatic reactions in microfluidic droplets and is part of Licensor,s comprehensive portfolio of droplet intellectual property.'
With this judgement, Licensee is permitted to continue to sell its GEM microfluidic chips and associated consumables for use with historical installed base of instruments.
