Appeal No. 2006-0484 Page 3
Application No. 09/657,729
providing an electrochemical control for the redox environment of the
sample; operating the electrochemical control to control the redox
environment of the sample; and analyzing the sample using a detection
scheme, wherein the detection scheme is operated to identify if interaction
has occurred between the target and the sample, whereby activity of the
sample under redox conditions can be identified.
51. A method of performing an analysis of a sample comprising:
providing a sample in a test region:
providing a target in the test region;
providing an electrochemical control for the redox environment of the
sample, said electrochemical control having three electrodes wherein the
first electrode is an auxiliary electrode, the second electrode is a reference
electrode, and the third electrode is a working electrode;
analyzing the sample using a detection scheme, wherein the detection
scheme is operated to identify if interaction has occurred between the
target and the sample, whereby activity under redox conditions can be
identified,
said detection scheme being a spectroscopic detection scheme selected
from the group consisting of fluorescence, absorbance, infra red,
phosphorescence, chemiluminescence, electroluminescence, Raman,
electron spin resonance and refractive index.
Claim 1 is very broad. The claimed method encompasses providing a sample
and a target in a test region. The specification defines a test region as “any structure
that can hold a sample and allow the detection scheme to be performed, such as a
beaker, a test tube, a microplate or other reaction chamber.” Page 3, third full
paragraph. The specification does not provide any definition of a “sample” or a “target.”
Therefore, we interpret those terms to refer to any two chemical compounds that
interact with each other.
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