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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:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Illumina Cambridge Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Norman Burns, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Dennis Ballinger, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Illumina Cambridge Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detection and discrimination of optical signals from a densely packed substrate. These methods and systems may have broad applications for biomolecule detection near or below the diffraction limit of optical systems, including in improving the efficiency and accuracy of polynucleotide sequencing applications.