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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:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2003
Daniel Pinkel, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Donna G. Albertson, Lafayette, CA (US);
Joe W. Gray, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Hamilton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nils W. Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven M. Clark, Haverton, PA (US);
John Hanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel Pinkel, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Donna G. Albertson, Lafayette, CA (US);
Joe W. Gray, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Hamilton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nils W. Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven M. Clark, Haverton, PA (US);
John Hanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides improved components (e.g. array 'pins', print head, substrate platen, print head platen, and the like) for microarray printing devices as well as microarray printing devices incorporating such components. In one embodiment, this invention provides a microarray print head comprising a plurality of glass or quartz spotting capillaries disposed in a support that maintains a fixed spacing between the spotting capillaries and that permits the spotting capillaries to move in a direction parallel to the long axis of the capillaries.