US 11,879,156 B2
Surface stabilization of biosensors
Phil Waggoner, Guilford, CT (US); James A. Ball, Ledyard, CT (US); Wolfgang Hinz, Killingworth, CT (US); Michael L. Minto, Colechester, CT (US); Scott Parker, Madison, CT (US); David M. Cox, Foster City, CA (US); Alexander Mastroianni, Alameda, CA (US); Jeremy Gray, Larkspur, CA (US); Marc Glazer, San Jose, CA (US); and Kimberly Gorrell, Belmont, CA (US)
Assigned to Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,869.
Application 17/818,869 is a division of application No. 16/824,920, filed on Mar. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,441,178.
Application 16/824,920 is a division of application No. 16/182,384, filed on Nov. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,619,201, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 16/182,384 is a division of application No. 15/061,273, filed on Mar. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,724,086, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/128,916, filed on Mar. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037531 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 27/414 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01)
CPC C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01) [G01N 27/4145 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
an array of semiconductor sensors formed on a semiconductor substrate;
an array of wells formed over the array of semiconductor sensors, wherein each semiconductor sensor includes a field effect transistor having a gate structure; and
a removable saccharide coating disposed over the array of wells and the gate structure.