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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicants:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Medicaroid Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Yukio Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Kobe, JP;
Eiji Mitsui, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Takehiro Hasegawa, Kobe, JP;
Yukihiko Kitano, Kobe, JP;
Assignees:
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/487 (2006.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48778 (2013.01); G01N 21/90 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G01N 33/49 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispensing apparatus that dispenses a sample into a well of a microplate, including a light emitter that emits light to the well, a light receiver that receives light emitted by the light emitter and returned from the well; and a control unit that determines whether foreign matter is present in the well based on information on the light received by the light receiver.