Appeal No. 2001-0352
Application 08/872,097
held in place by supports and include injection and evacuation ports with pressure
seals. Injection and evacuation fittings matingly engage the reaction vessel ports via
flexible tubing to supply and receiving vessels. The vessels are movable and are
supplied with fluid via dedicated supply lines, instead of changing the fluid through a
single supply line.
Claims 1 and 23 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and are
reproduced below:
1. A combinatorial chemical synthesis reaction tool, comprising:
a plurality of reaction vessels,
a reaction vessel support disposed to hold the plurality of reaction vessels in a
preferred orientation,
a plurality of injection ports, each injection port including a pressure seal, situated
to provide access to one of said reaction vessels, the plurality of injection ports operable
for the injection of liquids into said reaction vessels,
a plurality of evacuation ports, each evacuation port including a pressure seal,
situated to provide access to one of said reaction vessels, the plurality of evacuation
ports operable for the evacuation of liquids from said reaction vessels, and
injection and evacuation fittings formed to matingly engage said respective
injection and evacuation ports and to thereby enable the delivery of fluids to the reaction
vessels and the evacuation of fluids from said reaction vessels.
23. A universal fluid exchanger, comprising:
a plurality of reaction vessels;
a reaction vessel support disposed to hold the plurality of reaction vessels in a
preferred orientation;
a plurality of injection ports, each injection port including a pressure seal,
situated to provide access to one of said reaction vessels, the plurality of injection ports
operable for the injection of liquids into said reaction vessels;
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