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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:
Apr. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Goldberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Diggelman, Arlesheim, CH;
Earl Hubbell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Glenn McGall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nam Quoc Ngo, Campbell, CA (US);
Macdonald Morris, San Jose, CA (US);
Mel Yamamoto, Fremont, CA (US);
Jennifer Tan, Newark, CA (US);
Richard P Rava, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C12Q / ; C08G / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 253 ; 435-5 ; 435-6 ; 436518 ; 436527 ; 436528 ; 436809 ; 536 231 ; 536 243 ; 536 2531 ; 536 2532 ; 536 2533 ; 536 2534 ; 525 5411 ; 525 50 ; 525 542 ; 530333 ; 530334 ; 530335 ; 530336 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel processes for the large scale preparation of arrays of polymer sequences wherein each array includes a plurality of different, positionally distinct polymer sequences having known monomer sequences. The methods of the invention combine high throughput process steps with high resolution photolithographic techniques in the manufacture of polymer arrays.