Patents by Inventor Joseph Atzler

Joseph Atzler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multimode reader
    Patent number: 7113285
    Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing a plurality of samples in sample sites on a substrate, the apparatus having an array of spaced apart light sources coupled to a moveable support so that one or more of the light sources can be selectively used; a frame for supporting the substrate; a detector configured to detect light; an optical relay configured to transmit light from at least one of the plurality of light sources to a sample site and from the sample site to the detector; and a support structure for supporting the frame, the detector and the optical relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Katzlinger, Joseph Atzler, Sami D. Alaruri
  • Multimode reader
    Publication number: 20050122521
    Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing a plurality of samples in sample sites on a substrate, the apparatus having an array of spaced apart light sources coupled to a moveable support so that one or more of the light sources can be selectively used; a frame for supporting the substrate; a detector configured to detect light; an optical relay configured to transmit light from at least one of the plurality of light sources to a sample site and from the sample site to the detector; and a support structure for supporting the frame, the detector and the optical relay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Katzlinger, Joseph Atzler, Sami Alaruri