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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Achim Wixforth, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Advalytix AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 ;
Abstract
A process for specific and direct manipulation of small quantities of matter on solid-body surfaces, in which surface waves are generated with at least one surface-wave generator and the impulse of one or more surface waves is made to interact with at least one quantity of matter, in order to cause a movement in a desired direction.