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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald M Besemer, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Virginia W Goss, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James L Winkler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 422 55 ; 422 58 ; 422 8205 ; 422 8206 ; 422 8207 ; 422 8208 ; 422 8209 ; 427-21 ; 427-211 ; 427-213 ; 435-6 ; 435-71 ; 435970 ; 435973 ; 436 46 ; 436164 ; 436518 ; 436527 ; 436809 ; 530333 ; 530334 ;
Abstract
A body 300 having a cavity 310 for mounting a substrate 120 fabricated with probe sequences at known locations according to the methods disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,143,854 and PCT WO 92/10092 or others, is provided. The cavity includes inlets 350 and 360 for introducing selected fluids into the cavity to contact the probes. Accordingly, a commercially feasible device for use in high throughput assay systems is provided.