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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:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Applicant:
Richard A. Thomas, Miami, FL (US);
Inventor:
Richard A. Thomas, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
NPE Systems, Inc., Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a polar coordinate positioning system. The system can be used, for example, to sample a microtiter plate or sample tubes. In some embodiments, the system orients a sample with respect to a sampling tool using polar coordinates. In some embodiments, the sample is configured to rotate about an axis and move linearly in a direction transverse to the axis, and the sampling tool is configured to move linearly in a direction transverse to the linearly movement of the sample.