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(11) EP 1 166 097 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
02.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/01

(21) Application number: 00905165.7

(22) Date of filing: 17.02.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G01N 27/447
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB0000/573
(87) International publication number:
WO 0049/397 (24.08.2000 Gazette 2000/34)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.02.1999 US 120471 P

(71) Applicant: Genomic Solutions, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • RYAN, Paul, Thomas
    Cambridgeshire PE17 5AQ (GB)
  • BYATT, David
    St. NeotsCambridgeshire PE19 35A (GB)
  • AUTON, Kevin
    HuntingdonCambridgeshire PE29 2ED (GB)

(74) Representative: Cheyne, John Robert Alexander Mackenzie 
Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD
London WC2B 6UD (GB)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED EXCISION OF SAMPLES FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS GELS