DROPLET DISPENSATION FROM A RESERVOIR WITH REDUCTION IN UNCONTROLLED ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE - Patent 1585636

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EP 1 585 636 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.11.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	19.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/42

(21)	Application number: 04701230.7

(22)	Date of filing: 09.01.2004

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B41J 2/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/000522

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/063029 (29.07.2004 Gazette 2004/31)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

09.01.2003 US 340557
22.09.2003 US 668534

(71)	Applicant: Picoliter Inc.
	Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MUTZ, Mitchell, W. Palo Alto, CA 94306 (US) LEE, David, Soong-Hua Mountain View, CA 94040 (US) MCLENDON, George Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mallalieu, Catherine Louise et al
	D Young & Co 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY London EC1N 2DY (GB)

(54)	DROPLET DISPENSATION FROM A RESERVOIR WITH REDUCTION IN UNCONTROLLED ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE