Appeal No. 2003-2049
Application 09/003,090
135 through 137 have been canceled.
Invention
The invention relates to fluorometers, and more particularly
to a system and method for performing automated fluorescent
measurements. See page 1 of Appellants’ specification. Figure 1
is a diagram illustrating a representative functional
architecture of a fluorometer according to one embodiment of
Appellants’ invention. See page 8 of Appellants’ specification.
Referring to figure 1, the fluorometer includes a processor 104,
an assay device 124, a communications interface 120, a ROM chip
socket 132, and a ROM chip 136. See page 10 of Appellants’
specification. ROM chip 136 contains program instructions,
calibration curves, control data, or other information which can
be interfaced to the fluorometer. See page 12 of Appellants’
specification. An important functionality which can also be
provided by ROM chip 136 is that different tests can be provided
on different ROM chips such that reprogramming of the fluorometer
to perform a variety of different tests can be accomplished
simply by replacing ROM chip 136. See page 14 of Appellants’
specification.
Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example implementation
of an assay mechanism or assay device drive according to one
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