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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:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Yuan Zheng, Shanghai, CN;
Leon Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Zhenhong Sun, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microarray reader () comprises a light source (), beam shaping elements () positioned near the light source (), a moving stage () supporting one or more of the light source () and beam shaping elements (), an optical substrate () supporting an immobilized microarray, a reaction chamber () in contact with the optical substrate () and encapsulating buffer solution, a heating/cooling component () in contact with the reaction chamber (), a synchronization circuit, an optical filter () and an imaging sensor () positioned near the optical filter ().