EP1017982A4 - Apparatus for removing a sample from an array of samples and a cutting tool for use with that apparatus - Google Patents

Apparatus for removing a sample from an array of samples and a cutting tool for use with that apparatus

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EP1017982A4
EP1017982A4 EP98946150A EP98946150A EP1017982A4 EP 1017982 A4 EP1017982 A4 EP 1017982A4 EP 98946150 A EP98946150 A EP 98946150A EP 98946150 A EP98946150 A EP 98946150A EP 1017982 A4 EP1017982 A4 EP 1017982A4
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samples
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sample
cutting tool
cutting
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EP1017982A1 (en
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Dirk Ostermann
Cheng Hong Bing
Pieter Faber
George Kraguljac
Andrew Arthur Gooley
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Macquarie Research Ltd
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Priority claimed from AUPO9438A external-priority patent/AUPO943897A0/en
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Priority claimed from PCT/AU1998/000813 external-priority patent/WO1999015875A1/en
Publication of EP1017982A1 publication Critical patent/EP1017982A1/en
Publication of EP1017982A4 publication Critical patent/EP1017982A4/en
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EP98946150A 1997-09-25 1998-09-25 Apparatus for removing a sample from an array of samples and a cutting tool for use with that apparatus Withdrawn EP1017982A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPO943897 1997-09-25
AUPO9438A AUPO943897A0 (en) 1997-09-25 1997-09-25 Sampling device
AUPO361598 1998-05-20
AUPO361598 1998-05-20
PCT/AU1998/000813 WO1999015875A1 (en) 1997-09-25 1998-09-25 Apparatus for removing a sample from an array of samples and a cutting tool for use with that apparatus

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EP1017982A1 EP1017982A1 (en) 2000-07-12
EP1017982A4 true EP1017982A4 (en) 2004-10-06

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Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4354406A (en) * 1980-01-14 1982-10-19 L'oreal Method of and device for forming openings in a gelatinous substance
JPH03240482A (en) * 1990-02-16 1991-10-25 Hitachi Electron Eng Co Ltd Method for transplanting colony to liquid culture medium
US5334353A (en) * 1993-02-03 1994-08-02 Blattner Frederick R Micropipette device
US5587062A (en) * 1996-01-24 1996-12-24 Shimadzu Corporation Sample collecting apparatus by gel electrophoresis
US5638170A (en) * 1994-06-07 1997-06-10 Hudson Control Group, Inc. Punched carrier specimen sample processor
WO1997032666A1 (en) * 1996-03-05 1997-09-12 Rainin Instrument Co., Inc. Manual pipette with delayed-action home position latch
WO1998023950A1 (en) * 1996-11-29 1998-06-04 Oxford Glycosciences (Uk) Ltd. Gels, methods and apparatus for identification and characterization of biomolecules

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4354406A (en) * 1980-01-14 1982-10-19 L'oreal Method of and device for forming openings in a gelatinous substance
JPH03240482A (en) * 1990-02-16 1991-10-25 Hitachi Electron Eng Co Ltd Method for transplanting colony to liquid culture medium
US5334353A (en) * 1993-02-03 1994-08-02 Blattner Frederick R Micropipette device
US5638170A (en) * 1994-06-07 1997-06-10 Hudson Control Group, Inc. Punched carrier specimen sample processor
US5587062A (en) * 1996-01-24 1996-12-24 Shimadzu Corporation Sample collecting apparatus by gel electrophoresis
WO1997032666A1 (en) * 1996-03-05 1997-09-12 Rainin Instrument Co., Inc. Manual pipette with delayed-action home position latch
WO1998023950A1 (en) * 1996-11-29 1998-06-04 Oxford Glycosciences (Uk) Ltd. Gels, methods and apparatus for identification and characterization of biomolecules

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 016, no. 025 (C - 0903) 22 January 1992 (1992-01-22) *
See also references of WO9915875A1 *

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