Timothy R Watson

US Patent:

20030222905, Dec 4, 2003

Filed:

Jun 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/162272

Inventors:

Craig Wierenga - Carmel IN, US
Gregor Hsiao - San Jose CA, US
Timothy Watson - Waterford CT, US
Peter Rose - Ledyard CT, US

Assignee:

Argonaut Technologies, Inc. - Foster City CA

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/744000

Abstract:

A recipe recorder for automated chemistry comprises an automated chemistry system that is capable of automatically recording every step taken by a chemist during a particular experiment and automatically replaying the steps to reproduce the experiment. The apparatus comprises a controller connected to a plurality of laboratory devices and an input/output device connected to the controller. A graphical user desktop is accessible through the input/output device for controlling the actions of the laboratory devices. In addition, the graphical user desktop includes a record option that allows the user to automatically record the actions of each laboratory device during an experiment and automatically stores the actions of each laboratory device in a computer program. The graphical user desktop also provides a playback option for executing the computer program to automatically replay the recorded actions of the laboratory devices and thereby reproduce the experimental results in a subsequent experiment.