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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Besemer, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Peter E. Lobban, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael C. Norris, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven V. Muller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/104 ; G01N 3/3566 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 ; C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/104 ; G01N 3/3566 ;
Abstract
The present invention generally provides novel apparatuses for rapidly and efficiently carrying out repeated hybridizations of a target nucleic acid to an array of nucleic acid probes. The apparatus generally includes a fluid delivery system, a fluid mixing system, a temperature control system and a process control system integrated into a single device.