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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. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Nelson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 30 ; 435 29 ; 435 34 ; 435 39 ; 4353081 ; 435810 ;
Abstract
A thin film culture plate device having a body member including a self-supporting substrate coated on its upper surface with a layer of an adhesive composition and a layer of cold-water-soluble powder and having an apertured spacer member attached to the upper surface of the substrate. These thin film culture plate devices may also include an optional cover sheet, covering at least a portion of the apertured spacer member. Kits including microorganism filters and/or packages containing nutrient mixtures and/or selective agents are described.