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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
H. Pin Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
Ian A. Harding, San Mateo, CA (US);
Achim Karger, Foster City, CA (US);
Mark F. Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Omead Ostadan, San Leandro, CA (US);
Greg Young, Menlo Park, CA (US);
H. Pin Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
Ian A. Harding, San Mateo, CA (US);
Achim Karger, Foster City, CA (US);
Mark F. Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Omead Ostadan, San Leandro, CA (US);
Greg Young, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Applied Biosystems LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for normalizing output from an instrument employing a reference standard or non-fluorescing substance disposed within at least one of a plurality of reaction chambers. The method comprises collecting and analyzing a signal associated with the reference standard or non-fluorescing substance to determine a normalizing bias. The normalizing bias is then applied to the data signal collected from a remainder of the plurality of reaction chambers.