Patent ID: 7027629
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B01J,C12Q,G06K,G06T,G16B

Abstract:
1. A method for determining positions of features having been formed, due to systematic error in a deposition process, on a nucleic acid array on a substrate, the method comprising: calculating ideal positions of one or more of the features as the one or more features would be placed if the array placement occurred without the systematic error; identifying a systematic position error of the features; constructing a general model of the systematic position error; determining the positions of a subset of the features formed in the array; refining the general model of the systematic position error to a specific model of the systematic position error using the determined positions of the subset of features; using the specific model of the systematic position error to predict the position of at least one feature in the array that is not a member of the subset.