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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. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Noblett, Oak Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Packard BioChip Technologies, LLC, Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/101 ;
Abstract
A microarray scanning system for conducting experiments on a planar substrate includes an apparatus for translating the secured substrate in two axes, the substrate having at least one fiducial mark on the planar substrate as a means for positioning and aligning the substrate for subsequent spot placement, analysis, or comparison procedures. The at least one fiducial mark is deposited at a predetermined position relative to the at least one location of a corresponding microarray of test spots or samples.