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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:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Applicant:
Richard H. Goodwin, Jr., Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventor:
Richard H. Goodwin, Jr., Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Neuro Probe Incorporated, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crystal forming apparatus and method for using the apparatus, the apparatus including a plate and a film. The plate has a site adapted to hold a screening solution. The film is adjacent to the plate. The film seals the site and is adapted to contain a precipitant solution inside the site with an air gap between the screening solution and the precipitant solution. In a preferred embodiment, the film is transparent. In another preferred embodiment, the plate comprises a second transparent film supported by a lattice structure and the precipitant solution is sandwiched between the two films.