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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. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicants:
Stephen P. A. Fodor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
J. Leighton Read, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lubert Stryer, Stanford, CA (US);
Michael C. Pirrung, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Stephen P. A. Fodor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
J. Leighton Read, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lubert Stryer, Stanford, CA (US);
Michael C. Pirrung, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N033/543 ; G01N033/544 ; C12N001/00 ; A61K038/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for sequencing, fingerprinting and mapping biological macromolecules, typically biological polymers. The methods make use of a plurality of sequence specific recognition reagents which can also be used for classification of biological samples, and to characterize their sources.