Lorne B Bechtel

6825921, Nov 30, 2004

Nov 10, 2000

09/710061

Douglas N. Modlin - Palo Alto CA
John C. Owicki - Palo Alto CA
Jon F. Petersen - Redwood City CA
Todd E. French - Cupertino CA
Carl L. Wright - Kilauea HI
Jeanne A. Ruiz - Sunnyvale CA
Lorne E. Bechtel - Los Altos CA

Molecular Devices Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

G01N 2100

356 73, 235454

Apparatus and methods for combining multiple modes and methods of optical detection, postprocessing, and/or feedback loops in bioanalytical measurements. The methods may include (1) positioning a composition at an examination site in a multi-mode instrument; (2) detecting light transmitted form the composition using the multi-mode instrument in a first optical measurement mode; (3) detecting light transmitted from the composition using the multi-mode instrument in a second optical measurement mode, the second mode being different than the first mode; and (4) computing a quantity related to a property of the composition using the light detected in at least one of the optical measurement modes. These steps may be performed on one or more samples, simultaneously and/or sequentially. The quantity may relate to photoluminescence, chemiluminescence, absorption, and/or scattering, among others.

20120330449, Dec 27, 2012

May 9, 2012

13/467432

GLENN EDWARDS - Palo Alto CA, US
Lorne Bechtel - Los Altos CA, US
Marie Bechtel - Los Altos CA, US

Rapid Converting LLC - Palo Alto CA

B26D 7/26
G06F 19/00

700 97, 83640, 83582

Methods and apparatus provide an input for a user located remote from a cutting machine to cut a part. The user can instruct the cutting machine to cut the part to the user's specification in many ways, for example such that the user can instruct the cutting machine without having knowledge of the machine's cutting processes or construction. The methods and apparatus of the embodiments described herein can convert a machine processes into an image of the part to be cut such that the user can easily view and understand the image of the part to be cut remote from the cutting machine.

60970251, Aug 1, 2000

Sep 24, 1998

9/160533

Douglas N. Modlin - Palo Alto CA
Glenn R. Edwards - Palo Alto CA
Michael T. Taylor - Newark CA
Samuel A. Marquiss - Santa Clara CA
Amer El-Hage - Menlo Park CA
Craig S. Barker - San Carlos CA
Lorne B. Bechtel - Los Altos CA
Rick V. Stellmacher - San Jose CA
Philip A. Granieri - Los Altos CA
Robert M. Lembi - San Jose CA

LJL BioSystems, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G01J 136

25022722

A high-throughput light detection instrument and method are described. In some embodiments, switch mechanisms and optical relay structures permit different light sources and/or detectors to be selected for different applications. In other embodiments, switch mechanisms and optical paths permit top/bottom illumination and/or top/bottom detection, or combinations thereof.