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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. 29, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mack J. Schermer, Belmont, MA (US);
C. Brian Candiloro, Waltham, MA (US);
Paul E. Glynn, Braintree, MA (US);
Assignee:
PerkinElmer LAS, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 ;
Abstract
The disclosed pin-lifter can selectively lift pins partially out of a printhead of a spotting instrument and thereby prevent the lifted pins from contacting the substrate during any printing. Methods of using pin-lifters to increase the rate of production of compact microarrays are disclosed.