Patent ID: 9267950
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An assay method for determining target materials reacting with an analyte, comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of encoded particles including the target materials, the plurality of encoded particles having one or more codes distinguishable from one another corresponding to kinds of the included target materials, wherein each target material is a chemical material or a biological material; preparing a plate including wells, wherein at least one support is formed in each well, the support forming a space between a bottom of the well and a top of the support; providing the plurality of encoded particles onto the plate by pipetting, and disposing the plurality of encoded particles in the wells, whereby each encoded particle is place on the top of the support; providing the analyte into the space formed in each well, wherein the analyte is a biological material or a chemical material; releasing the target materials of the plurality of encoded particles to cause a reaction between the target materials and the analyte, wherein the target materials are released by a physical cue, the physical cue comprising at least one of a pressure applied from outside the plate and heating, wherein the target materials are released from the plurality of encoded particles to contact the analyte; decoding the codes of the plurality of encoded particles; and determining the target materials reacting with the analyte.