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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. 19, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Mack J. Schermer, Belmont, MA (US);
Carl Brian Candiloro, Hudson, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mack J. Schermer, Belmont, MA (US);
Carl Brian Candiloro, Hudson, MA (US);
Assignee:
PerkinElmer LAS, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed that include an optical device for providing information about one or more samples. The system includes well(s) for holding the sample(s), and in one embodiment, the optical device(s) have non-parallel sidewalls optically contacting the well(s) for providing the information about the sample(s) in the well(s). In some embodiments the optical devices may be truncated prism(s). In some embodiments the optical devices are part of a unibody structure with the well(s).