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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mack J. Schermer, Belmont, MA (US);
C. Todd Lombardo, Lowell, MA (US);
Robert Milkowski, Groton, MA (US);
Donald Regan, Boxborough, MA (US);
Paul St. Cyr, Middleton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Packard BioScience Corporation, Meriden, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for incubating a liquid reagent with target spots on a microarray substrate. A deformable cover is placed over the surface of the microarray substrate having the target spots with the liquid reagent between the microarray substrate and the deformable cover, and a device is used to apply a force to the deformable cover.