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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:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Isaac Farr, Corvallis, OR (US);
Erick B. Kinas, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kevin F. Peters, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Isaac Farr, Corvallis, OR (US);
Erick B. Kinas, Vancouver, WA (US);
Kevin F. Peters, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/1011 (2013.01); G01N 35/1065 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A liquid handling device that determines a position of a tray utilizing light reflected from structural features of the tray.