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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2001
Shantanu V. Kaushikkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products are described for specifying a scanning area of a substrate. In accordance with one method, steps include receiving location data corresponding to a plurality of probe-feature locations on the substrate, storing the location data, accessing the location data, and scanning the substrate based on the accessed location data. A scanning system is described that includes a computer, a scanner, and a computer program product. The product, when executed on the computer, accesses location data corresponding to a plurality of probe-feature locations on a substrate, and controls the scanner's scanning of the substrate based on the accessed location data.