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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Lehmann, Lucerne, CH;
Peter Vischer, Küssnacht am Rigi, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/34 ;
Abstract
The invention provides devices for packaging a chip shaped carrier having an active surface which is adapted to be read by an electro-optical reading device, e.g. a surface which carries an array of DNA oligonucleotides. The invention further provides processes for assembling the devices. The invention also provides systems for carrying out evaluations and/or monitoring methods involving electro-optical reading of an activce surface of a chip shaped carrier.