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Affymetrix Patents: Mechanical Devices and Uses
As of August 2007

Affymetrix patents and published patent applications may be viewed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site and the European Patent Office web site.

MISCELLANEOUS DEVICES AND USES
USPN Title Inventor
D430024 Design: Chip packaging device Besemer
5945334 Apparatus for packaging a chip Besemer
6050719 Rotational mixing method using a cartridge having a narrow interior Winkler
6114122 Fluidics station with a mounting system and method of using Besemer
6140044 Method and apparatus for packaging a probe array Besemer
6287850 Bioarray Chip Reaction Apparatus and its Manufacture Besemer
6386749 Systems and Methods for Heating and Mixing Fluids Watts
6391623 Fluidics Station Injection Needles with Distal End and Side Ports and Method Using Besemer et al.
6420169 Apparatus for forming polynucleotide or polypeptides Read et al.
6422249 Cartridge Washing System and Methods Certa et al.
6428752 Cleaning Deposit Devices that form Microarrays and the Like Montagu
6511277 Cartridge Loader and Methods Besemer et al.
6531864 High Torque Electromagnetic Devices Montagu
6551817 Method And Apparatus for Hybridization Besemer et al.
6612737 System and Method for Self-Calibrating Measurement Lobban
6705754 Device and Method for Mixing Fluids Winkler et al.
6715500 Cartridge Washing System and Methods Certa et al.
6733977 Hybridization Device and Method Besemer et al.
6955915 Apparatus Comprising Polymers Fodor et al
7108472 Cartridge Loader and Methods Norries et al
7125161 Methods for Mixing Fluid in a Rotating Container Winkler et al
7158224 Optically Active Substrates Montagu

INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACID DEVICES
USPN Title Inventor
5856174 Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Lipshutz
5922591 Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Anderson
6043080 Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Lipshutz
6132580 Miniature reaction chamber and devices incorporating same Mathies
6168948 Miniaturized Genetic Analysis Systems and Methods Anderson
6197595 Integrated Nucleic Acid Diagnostic Device Anderson
6261431 Process for Fabrication of an Integrated PCR-CE Device and Products Produced by the Same Mathies
6284525 Miniature Reaction Chamber and Devices Incorporating Same Mathies
6326211 Method of Manipulating a Gas Bubble in a Microfluidic Device Anderson
6399365 Bioarray Chip Reaction Apparatus and its manufacture Besemer et al.
6403317 Electronic Detection of Hybridization on Nucleic Acid Arrays Anderson et al.
6830936 Integrated Nucleic Acid Diagnostic Device Anderson et al

SCANNERS
USPN Title Inventor
5578832 Method and apparatus for imaging a sample on a device Trulson
5631734 Method and apparatus for detection of fluorescently labeled materials Stern
5834758 Method and apparatus for imaging a sample on a device Trulson
5936324 Moving Magnetic Scanner Montagu
5981956 Systems and methods for detection of labeled materials Stern
6025601 Method and apparatus for imaging a sample on a device Trulson
6141096 Method and apparatus for detection of fluorescently labeled materials Stern
6171793 Method for Scanning Gene Probe Array to Produce Data having Dynamic Range that Exceeds that of Scanner Philips
6185030 Wide Field of View and High Speed Scanning Microscopy Overbeck
6201639 Wide Field of View and High Speed Scanning Microscopy Overbeck
6207960 Systems and Methods for Detection of Labeled Materials Stern
6218803 Position Sensing with Variable Capacitance Transducers Montagu
6225625 Signal Detection Methods and Apparatus Pirrung
6252236 Method and Apparatus for Imaging a Sample on a Device Trulson
6262838 Focusing in Microscope Systems Montagu
6270644 Capillary Array Electrophoresis Scanner Mathies
6294327 Apparatus and Method for Detecting Samples Labeled with Material Having Strong Light Scattering Properties Using Reflection Mode Light and Diffuse Scattering Walton
6335824 Wide Field of View and High Speed Scanning Microscopy Overbeck
6403320 Support Bound Probes and Methods of Analysis Using the Same Read et al.
6403957 Nucleic Acid Reading and Analysis System Fodor et al.
6407858 Focusing of Microscopes and Reading of Microarrays Montagu
6472671 Quantified Fluorescence Microscopy Montagu
6490533 System Method and Product for Dynamic Noise Reduction in Scanning of Biological Materials Honkanen et al.
6545264 Systems and Methods for High Performance Scanning Stern
6554986 Capillary Array Electrophoresis Scanner Mathies et al.
6597000 System and Methods for Detection of Labeled Materials Stern
6643015 System Method and Product for Symmetrical Filtering in Scanning of Biological Materials Weiner
6643076 Attachment Device Montagu
6646243 Nucleic Acid Reading and Analysis System Pirrung et al.
6650411 System Method and Product for Pixel Clocking in Scanning of Biological Materials Odoy et al.
6741344 Method and Apparatus for Detection of Fluorescently Labeled Materials Odoy et al.
6813567 System Method and Product for Dynamic Noise Reduction in Scanning of Biological Materials Weiner al
7090758 Capillary Array Electrophoresis Scanner Mathies et al
7095032 Focusing of Microscopes and Reading of Microarrays Montagu et al
7148492 System, Method, and Product for Providing a Wavelength Tunable Excitation Beam Loney, et al
7222025 System, method, and product for dynamic noise reduction in scanning of biological material Weiner, et al

ARRAY MAKERS
USPN Title Inventor
6269846 Depositing Fluid Specimens on Substrates Resulting Ordered Arrays Techniques for Deposition of Arrays Montagu
6271957 Compositions and Methods Involving Direct Write Optical Lithography Quate
6480324 Methods Involving Direct Write Optical Lithography Quate et al.
6638770 Cleaning Deposit Devices that Generate Microarrays Montagu
6722395 Depositing Fluid Specimens on Substrates Resulting Ordered Arrays Techniques for Deposition of Arrays Overbeck

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