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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Priscilla A Robinson, Dorado, PR (US);
Dean Brone, Green Brook, NJ (US);
Erinn K Gleason, Fairfield, NJ (US);
Fernando J Muzzio, Monroe, NJ (US);
Carolyn Wightman, Edison, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Rutgers, The State University of new Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386463 ; 7386445 ; 7386462 ; 7386464 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an end-sampling thief probe and a method of using this probe. The thief probe of the invention is useful in extracting a sample with minimal disturbance and provides an improved method for end-sampling.