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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:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Amnis Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Thaddeus C. George, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Basiji, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian E. Hall, Seattle, WA (US);
William E. Ortyn, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Michael J. Seo, Westport, CT (US);
Philip J. Morrissey, Bellevue, WA (US);
Cathleen A. Zimmerman, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amnis Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00127 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6423 (2013.01); G01N 21/645 (2013.01); G06K 9/00147 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G01N 15/1475 (2013.01); G01N 21/47 (2013.01); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6482 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods for determining and analyzing photometric and morphometric features of small objects, such as cells to, for example, identify different cell states. In particularly, methods are provided for identifying apoptotic cells, and for distinguishing between cells undergoing apoptosis versus necrosis.