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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:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kay Lichtenwalter, San Jose, CA (US);
Hewlett E Melton, Jr, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 359-1 ; 359-3 ; 422 8205 ; 430-1 ; 430-2 ; 435-4 ; 435-71 ; 435808 ; 436501 ; 436518 ; 436535 ; 436805 ;
Abstract
An apparatus detects a target reactant that binds to an immobilized reactant. The apparatus generates a holographic image at a predetermined location when the reactants are present and bound to one another. The immobilized reactant is bound to a support surface at selected locations. The locations are chosen such that a holographic plate is generated when the target reactant binds to the immobilized reactant. An associated method may be used to detect antibody-antigen reactions, the binding of two strands of nucleic acid, the binding of an enzyme to one of its substrates, and so on.