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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2006
Applicants:

Yasujiro Kiyota, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Uozumi, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuhiko Maiya, Yokohama, JP;

Hirofumi Shiono, Fujisawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yasujiro Kiyota, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Uozumi, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuhiko Maiya, Yokohama, JP;

Hirofumi Shiono, Fujisawa, JP;

Assignee:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An incubator including a temperature-controlled room adjusted to a predetermined environment condition for culturing a sample of an incubation container at inside of the temperature-controlled room, the incubator including a shifting mechanism for moving a position of the incubation container at inside of the temperature-controlled room by a motor, a temperature adjusting section for adjusting a temperature at inside of the temperature-controlled room, an operating information generating section for generating operating information with regard to a position of operating and a time period of operating the motor prior to operating the motor, an estimated variation outputting section for outputting an estimation variation of a temperature state by operating the motor based on the operating information, and a controlling section for controlling the temperature adjusting section to cancel a temperature change of an amount of the estimated variation in synchronism with operating the motor.


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