IP Library Granted Patent US 5,978,497
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US 5,978,497 · App. 08/309,250

Apparatus for the identification of free-lying cells

Inventors: Shih-Jong J. Lee, Paul S. Wilhelm, Wendy R. Bannister, Chih-Chau L. Kuan, Seho Oh, Michael Meyer
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Granted: Nov 2, 1999 Filed: Sep 20, 1994
Inventors
Shih-Jong J. Lee
Paul S. Wilhelm
Wendy R. Bannister
Chih-Chau L. Kuan
Seho Oh
Michael Meyer
Assignee (at issue)
Neopath, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,978,497
App. No.
08/309,250
Filed
1994-09-20
Granted
1999-11-02
Kind
A