US Patent 7417726 Normalization of data using controls

Patent 7417726 was granted and assigned to Applied Biosystems on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Applied Biosystems

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7417726

Date of Patent

August 26, 2008

Patent Application Number

11087103

Date Filed

March 22, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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F. L. Evans

Patent abstract

An apparatus for normalizing a PCR instrument, can comprise a microplate comprising at least 6,000 wells and a system of dyes at known concentrations in a plurality of the at least 6,000 wells. A method for normalizing a system can comprise (a) providing a microplate comprising at least 6,000 wells and a system of dyes; (b) exciting at least one dye; (c) detecting an emission output for the at least one dye; (d) determining if the emission output is in an acceptable range; and (e) adjusting the system so that the emission output is in the acceptable range.