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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. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Hoult, Beaconsfield, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436165 ; 356244 ; 422102 ; 436164 ; 436174 ;
Abstract
A carrier for use in the preparation of samples for spectroscopic analysis comprises a generally planar body 10 the upper surface of which is formed with ridges or walls 14 which define compartments 15 into material to be analysed is spread. The surface of the compartments is preferably coated with a reflecting material such as aluminium. This form of carrier greatly facilitates the production of a layer of uniform thickness.