Global Patent Index - EP 2538769 A4

EP 2538769 A4 20180110 - TRANSFER STATION FOR PLANT MATERIAL SAMPLING AND TRACKING SYSTEM

Title (en)

TRANSFER STATION FOR PLANT MATERIAL SAMPLING AND TRACKING SYSTEM

Title (de)

TRANSFERSTATION FÜR EIN PROBENNAHME- UND VERFOLGUNGSSYSTEM FÜR PFLANZENMATERIAL

Title (fr)

STATION DE TRANSFERT POUR SYSTÈME DE PRÉLÈVEMENT D'ÉCHANTILLONS ET DE SUIVI DE MATIÈRE VÉGÉTALE

Publication

EP 2538769 A4 20180110 (EN)

Application

EP 10711796 A 20100226

Priority

US 2010025620 W 20100226

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2011106019A2] Systems and methods for processing plant material samples and a transfer station designed for use in such systems and methods. In one embodiment, the system includes a controller, a plant-material sampling device, and a transfer station. The plant-material sampling device is configured to communicate with the controller and to read an identifier of a plant. The sampling device also has a removable magazine, and is designed to take at least one plant sample from multiple plants, place such samples in the magazine, and track the identity of the plant from which each sample is taken. The transfer station is configured to hold, at multiple positions, multiple magazines and multiple trays such that the positions of the magazines are mirrored by the positions of the trays, read an identifier of each magazine, read an identifier of each tray, map storage locations for each one of the magazines to storage locations of one of the trays, and sequentially unload plant samples from the magazines to the trays.

IPC 8 full level

G01N 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01); G01N 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01N 1/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/0098 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 50/02 (2013.01); G01N 2001/021 (2013.01); G01N 2001/185 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00831 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2011106019 A2 20110901; WO 2011106019 A3 20140403; AU 2010346613 A1 20120906; AU 2010346613 B2 20150212; BR 112012020982 A2 20150901; CA 2790851 A1 20110901; CA 2790851 C 20170307; CL 2012002344 A1 20130118; CN 103347381 A 20131009; CN 103347381 B 20151216; EP 2538769 A2 20130102; EP 2538769 A4 20180110

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2010025620 W 20100226; AU 2010346613 A 20100226; BR 112012020982 A 20100226; CA 2790851 A 20100226; CL 2012002344 A 20120823; CN 201080064571 A 20100226; EP 10711796 A 20100226