SG11201805240PA - Thermal cycler systems and adaptor - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 111111110111101110101011111010111110111011101110111111111011001111101111011111 International Bureau 0.. .1 j ..... ......!;,,, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/112833 Al 29 June 2017(29.06.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every BOIL 7/00 (2006.01) BOIL 9/00 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (21) International Application Number: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, PCT/US2016/068151 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (22) International Filing Date: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, 21 December 2016 (21.12.2016) KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (25) Filing Language: English NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (26) Publication Language: English RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (30) Priority Data: ZA, ZM, ZW. 62/270,716 22 December 2015 (22.12.2015) US 62/372,876 10 August 2016 (10.08.2016) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, [US/US]; IP Legal Department, 5823 Newton Drive, Carls- TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, bad, California 92008 (US). TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (72) Inventors: TAN, Zeqi; c/o Life Technologies Holdings DK, EE, ES, FL FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, PTE Limited, Block 33, #07-06, 739256 Singapore (SG). LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CL CM, GA, GN, GQ, LOH, Wuh Ken; c/o Life Technologies Holdings PTE Limited, Block 33, #07-06, 739256 Singapore (SG). LEE, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Siew Yin; c/o Life Technologies Holdings PTE Limited, Declarations under Rule 4.17: Block 33, #07-06, 739256 Singapore (SG). BOO, Kuan Moon (Bernard); c/o Life Technologies Holdings PTE of inventorship (Rule 4.17(N)) Limited, Block 33, #07-06, 739256 Singapore (SG). Published: = (74) Agent: YEE, Steven; c/o Life Technologies Corporation, — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) IP Legal Department, 5823 Newton Drive, Carlsbad, Cali- fornia 92008 (US). [Continued on next page] (54) Title: THERMAL CYCLER SYSTEMS AND ADAPTOR q ..d 44 1 ') .• .1 r 1 1 49I iq ..5. i. k i ' I II r ' ilk - ii 1 1 I ...5\" a , fr //ill,. ill,,I, , lliiyulit;. r, , 46 56 \ 1 i,v ,3I HI - I 1111111 I I 111, Ike«««NH 47 il 2 13 113 1-1 I \ . en \•1 .30 en ei ,-, FIG. 4A ,-, IN (57) : A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder (20) configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a 1-1 C sample block (14) having an upstanding peripheral side wall and being configured to receive the sample holder (20) and an adaptor N (28) having an upstanding peripheral side wall configured to be positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block (14). When the peripheral side wall of the adaptor (28) is positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block (14) and the O 7 1 .1 . 9 sample holder (20) is received in the sample block, the peripheral side wall of the adaptor (28) extends in an upward direction to - .,- ward the sample holder (20). WO 2017/112833 Al 1#110HO1101DION0101301011011111001M10#011# — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and amendments (Rule to be republished 48.2(h)) in the event of receipt of