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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:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Applicants:
Mark Oscar Worthington, Irvine, CA (US);
Kevin Robert Mcintyre, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Oscar Worthington, Irvine, CA (US);
Kevin Robert McIntyre, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignees:
Burstein Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Nagaoka & Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G11B 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical disc drive for reading encoded information, such as on a CD, CD-R, or DVD, is modified to read biological or chemical investigational features from a disc. The modifications can include software changes or the addition of hardware desirably without the need to modify the disc drive electronics.