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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2014
Applicant:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA (US);

Inventors:

John H. Price, Hingham, MA (US);

Dravida Bock, Ashburn, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/20 (2006.01); H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/02 (2006.01); H01J 37/18 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/20 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); H01J 37/023 (2013.01); H01J 37/185 (2013.01); H01J 37/261 (2013.01); G01N 1/32 (2013.01); H01J 2237/201 (2013.01); H01J 2237/204 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2007 (2013.01); H01J 2237/20278 (2013.01); H01J 2237/20285 (2013.01); H01J 2237/20292 (2013.01); H01J 2237/26 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2602 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated workpiece processing system including at least one workpiece processing unit, a workpiece holder configured to removably hold a batch of workpieces therein, each workpiece embodying workpiece identifying indicia where the workpiece identifying indicia is a physical representation of a sample held on a respective workpiece, and to interface with the at least one automated workpiece processing unit, and a controller including a memory having a data structure therein that effects, with the workpiece identifying indicia, batch process tracking of each workpiece in the batch of workpieces through the at least one automated workpiece processing unit in a predetermined batch workpiece processing sequence.


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