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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lothar U. Kempen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maven Technologies, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/00 ; G01N 3/3557 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/00 ; G01N 3/3557 ;
Abstract
Imaging apparatus and method which uses change of polarization state of a light beam passed through a total internal reflection structure by a single reflection at a TIR surface in which a specimen is placed in the evanescent field associated with the total internal reflection of the light beam, the specimen being the subject of biological, chemical or genetic investigation.