Patent ID: 7049049

Claim:
A maskless photolithography system for creating molecular imprinted array devices comprising: a. a computer system for generating mask patterns and alignment instructions; b. a maskless patterned light generator, radiating a patterned light beam corresponding to a molecular probe location, operably connected to and controllable by said computer system, wherein said maskless patterned light generator comprises a plasma display having individually addressable pixels, operably connected to and controllable by said computer system; c. a reaction chamber for mounting a substrate, comprising an inner mount for affixing said substrate within said chamber, so that said substrate is exposed to said patterned light beam; d. at least one reagent reservoir, fluidically connected to said reaction chamber to selectively provide a photoreactive reagent to the exposed surface of said substrate mounted in said reaction chamber, whereby said patterned light beam impinging on said substrate activates said photoreactive reagent, resulting in creation of patterns on said substrate according to said mask pattern of said patterned light beam; and e. at least one wash reservoir, fluidically connected to said reaction chamber to selectively provide a wash solution to the exposed surface of said substrate mounted in said reaction chamber, wherein said display generates said patterned light beam corresponding to said mask patterns provided by said computer system to expose said substrate to said patterned light beam and to create patterns on said substrate corresponding to said mask patterns.