Appeal No. 2005-1234 Page 2 Application No. 09/749,752 means for storing the management information in association with the information concerning the positions of the probes to which the target substance has bound. 11. An analysis system for analyzing a target substance by causing the target substance marked with a marker to bind selectively to some of plural types of probes arranged and fixed on a test piece and detecting positions of the probes to which the target substance has bound comprising: means for attaching encoded management information to a predetermined location on the test piece as ID information peculiar to the test piece using a marker the same as or similar to the marker used for marker used for marking the target substance, means for obtaining information concerning the positions of the probes to which the target substance has bound and simultaneously detecting the ID information attached to the test piece, first storing means for storing the management information in association with the ID information, means for decoding the detected ID information by searching through the first storing means referring to the detected ID information to find the management information associated with the detected ID information, and second storing means for storing the management information in association with the information concerning the positions of the probes to which the target substance has bound. 20. An analysis system for analyzing a target substance by causing the target substance marked with a marker to bind selectively to some of plural types of probes arranged and fixed on a test piece and detecting positions of the probes to which the target substance has bound comprising: means for attaching management information peculiar to the test piece to a predetermined location on the test piece, means for obtaining information concerning the positions of the probes to which the target substance has bound, means for detecting the management information attached to the test piece, andPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007