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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew McGrath, Burtonsville, MD (US);
N. Leigh Anderson, Washington, DC (US);
Jack Goodman, Lusby, MD (US);
Assignee:
Large Scale Proteomics Corp., Vacaville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/726 ; G01N 2/7447 ; G01N 3/500 ; G01N 3/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/726 ; G01N 2/7447 ; G01N 3/500 ; G01N 3/510 ;
Abstract
An automated assembly for performing first dimension electrophoresis is described herein that includes a supply magazine, an electrophoresis tank and an automated transferring device that robotically transfers biological samples from sample vials retained in the supply magazine, and delivers the biological samples one by one to tube gels supported in a rack within the electrophoresis tank. The transferring device is configured to move in three dimensions with respect to the supply magazine and the rack for flexible sample delivery.