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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. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Donald Hyde, Ontario, NY (US);
Merrit Nyles Jacobs, Fairport, NY (US);
James Daniel Riall, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Rochester, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436500 ; 422 63 ; 422 67 ; 436 43 ; 436 47 ; 436 65 ; 436510 ; 436815 ; 436817 ; 436818 ;
Abstract
A method of preventing false detection of signal due to splashing of reagent liquid used to produce such signal, when dispensing at least one such liquid from a metering tip into a second liquid, comprising the steps of: a) positioning the metering tip a predetermined distance above the upper level of the second liquid prior to dispensing the one liquid; and