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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:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Stanley Walter Botchway, East Hagbourne, GB;
Andrew David Ward, Andover, GB;
Michael Towrie, Wantage, GB;
Inventors:
Stanley Walter Botchway, East Hagbourne, GB;
Andrew David Ward, Andover, GB;
Michael Towrie, Wantage, GB;
Assignee:
The Science and Technology Facilities Council, Oxfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for manipulation by a plurality of optical traps is disclosed. Connected trapping elements such as transparent beads are also connected to a tip, which is spaced from the trapping elements by a distance greater than the effective range of the optical trapping fields.