Patent ID: 8221683
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A specimen plate comprising: a rectangular slide glass: a specimen preparation area formed on one side of the slide grass and used to prepare a stained specimen; an information display area on which specimen-related information is recordable, the information display area being formed on the one side of the slide glass next to the specimen preparation area; and a resin coating applied to cover the information display area, the resin coating being made of a material durable against organic solvent used when the specimen is stained, wherein the information display area comprises a first display area in which at least some of the specimen-related information is thermally printed and formed with ink durable against the organic solvent used when the specimen is stained, on the resin coating in a substantially square shape and a format which is machine-readable bidirectionally in respective two orthogonal directions and a second display area which is divided into a plurality of sub-display areas in each of which at least some of the specimen-related information is thermally printed and formed with the ink, on the resin coating in a human-readable format, and the information display area is arranged closer to one longitudinal end of the specimen plate, and the first display area and the second display area are arranged adjacent to each other along a width of the specimen plate.