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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.:

US 12180543 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2019

Imaging system hardware

Applicant:

10x Genomics, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cedric Uytingco, Milpitas, CA (US);

Zachary Bent, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Eswar Prasad Ramachandran Iyer, Oakland, CA (US);

Fernandino Valdecanas, Tracy, CA (US);

Meghan L. F. Frey, Livermore, CA (US);

Steven William Short, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Yifeng Yin, Elk Grove, CA (US);

Rajiv Bharadwaj, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Joakim Lundeberg, Stockholm, SE;

Augusto Manuel Tentori, Dublin, CA (US);

David Maurice Cox, Foster City, CA (US);

Jennifer Chew, Hayward, CA (US);

Felice Alessio Bava, Rome, IT;

Linda Kvastad, Huddinge, SE;

Andrew D. Price, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

10x Genomics, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jennifer Wecker

Assistant Examiner:

Jonathan Bortoli

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6841 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6855 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6881 (2018.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01); G02B 21/34 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01L 3/545 (2013.01); B01L 9/523 (2013.01); C12N 15/1065 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6841 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6881 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01); G02B 21/34 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6855 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01); C12Q 2525/161 (2013.01); C12Q 2525/179 (2013.01); C12Q 2527/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2543/101 (2013.01); C12Q 2563/149 (2013.01); C12Q 2565/537 (2013.01); C12Q 2565/60 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sample holder includes a first member featuring a first retaining mechanism configured to retain a first substrate that includes a sample, a second member featuring a second retaining mechanism configured to retain a second substrate that includes a reagent medium, and an alignment mechanism connected to at least one of the first and second members, and configured to align the first and second members such that the sample contacts at least a portion of the reagent medium when the first and second members are aligned.

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