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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy D. Harris, Toms River, NJ (US);
Richard L. Hansen, Pennington, NJ (US);
William Karsh, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Neal A. Nicklaus, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Jay K. Trautman, Pennington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Praelux, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/608 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/608 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for screening large numbers of chemical compounds and performing a wide variety of fluorescent assays, including live cell assays. The methods utilize a laser linescan confocal microscope with high speed, high resolution and multi-wavelength capabilities and real time data-processing. Imaging may be done at video-rates and with use of ultraviolet illumination.