Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Reexamination Certificate
2004-09-01
2009-11-03
Alsomiri, Isam (Department: 3662)
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
C356S028000, C422S082050
Reexamination Certificate
active
07612871
ABSTRACT:
A multiplexed set of light sources having outputs of light with various wavelengths which are combined into one beam. The beam may impinge a particle in a flow channel of a cytometer. The light leaving the flow channel may be sensed by a detector and the light distinguished according to wavelength.
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Cox James A.
Zook J. David
Alsomiri Isam
Fredrick Kris T.
Honeywell International Inc
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