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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:
Oct. 02, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Michael Gambini, Bolton, MA (US);

Jeff Levi, Trumbull, CT (US);

John Voyta, Sudbury, MA (US);

John Atwood, West Redding, CT (US);

Susan Atwood-stone, Legal Representative, Charlotte, VT (US);

Bruce DE Simas, Danville, CA (US);

Edward Lakatos, Croton On Hudson, NY (US);

Israel Metal, Flushing, NY (US);

George Sabak, Monroe, CT (US);

Yongdong Wang, Wilton, CT (US);

Inventors:

Michael Gambini, Bolton, MA (US);

Jeff Levi, Trumbull, CT (US);

John Voyta, Sudbury, MA (US);

John Atwood, West Redding, CT (US);

Susan Atwood-Stone, legal representative, Charlotte, VT (US);

Bruce De Simas, Danville, CA (US);

Edward Lakatos, Croton On Hudson, NY (US);

Israel Metal, Flushing, NY (US);

George Sabak, Monroe, CT (US);

Yongdong Wang, Wilton, CT (US);

Assignee:

Applied Biosystems, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/76 (2006.01); G01T 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A luminescence detecting apparatus and method for analyzing luminescent samples is disclosed. A detecting apparatus may be configured so that light from luminescent samples pass through a collimator, a a first lens, a filter, and a camera lens, whereupon an image is created by the optics on the charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. The detecting apparatus may further include central processing control of all operations, multiple wavelength filter wheel, and/or a robot for handling of samples and reagents.


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