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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:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L Winkler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen P Fodor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher J Buchko, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debra A Ross, Fremont, CA (US);
Lois Aldwin, San Mateo, CA (US);
Douglas N Modlin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436180 ; 436 89 ; 436 94 ; 73863 ; 73864 ; 7386481 ; 141 31 ; 422100 ;
Abstract
An array is created by moving a dispenser toward a solid support until a tip of the dispenser touches the support, withdrawing the tip from the surface and releasing a drop of 5 nanoliters or less in an area smaller than 1 mm.sup.2 to create an array of at least 100 spots.