Thermal cycler for PCR

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8685717
APP PUB NO 20070117200A1
SERIAL NO

11654238

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An apparatus comprising an assembly and a cover. The assembly comprises a sample block configured to receive a microtiter tray having a plurality of vials, each vial comprising a cap having a surface and a perimeter. The cover comprises a platen, vertically and horizontally displaceable in relationship to the sample block, the platen having a plurality of recesses. Each recess corresponds to a respective vial and is shaped and arranged to clear the surface of its respective cap when the cover is displaced onto the sample block. The cover includes a skirt in contact with and surrounding a perimeter of the platen. The skirt is configured for mating with a perimeter of a microtiter tray when a microtiter tray is received in the sample block, and also configured such that the cover contacts a microtiter tray when a microtiter tray is received in the sample block.

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  • APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atwood, John G West Redding, US 27 1128
Fawcett, Adrian Pleasanton, US 45 731
Ferrara, Keith S Stratford, US 11 223
Hetherington, Paul M Goldens Bridge, US 8 155
Noreiks, Richard W Stratford, US 9 589
Olsen, Douglas E New Fairfield, US 8 155
Widomski, John R Shelton, US 8 155
Wittmer, Charles M Trumbull, US 13 179

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