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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. 23, 1986
Filed:
May. 17, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsujiro Shibayama, Tokyo, JP;
Fukuo Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Kensaku Takahashi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masumi Nukumi, Ome, JP;
Tatuhito Tuji, Uji, JP;
Michio Okuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yoji Odawara, Hitachi, JP;
Assignees:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M / ; C12M / ; C12M / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435289 ; 435287 ; 435311 ; 435808 ; 435 30 ; 435292 ; 356244 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically transferring a desired one of bacterial colonies grown in a medium in a culture Petri dish onto a medium in a test Petri dish or a test tube by using a bacterial colony pick-up/transfer element of the disposable type or a bacterial colony pick-up/transfer element of the reuse type and by using various mechanisms controlled by a computer.