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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Burkard Rosenberg, Horw, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostic Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 64 ; 422 63 ; 422 65 ; 436 43 ; 436 48 ;
Abstract
A processing station is provided for removing a cuvette 1 from a transport magazine 2, for transferring the cuvette to a position for processing in order to carry out a processing step such as adding samples, adding reagents or mixing, and for returning the cuvette to the transport magazine after processing.