Patent ID: 7008769

Claim:
An apparatus for creating a molecular array comprising: a base; a Z controller coupled to the base, wherein the Z controller is selectively positionable along a Z axis relative to the base; a deposition probe removably coupled to the Z controller so that the deposition probe is selectively positionable along the Z axis relative to the base by the Z controller; an X, Y controller coupled to the base, wherein the X, Y controller is selectively positionable in an X-Y plane independently of movement of the Z controller, the X, Y controller further comprising a deposition substrate coupled thereto and wherein the movement of the X, Y controller moves the deposition substrate between a first position and a second position, the second position being located under the deposition probe; and an X, Y translation stage coupled to the base wherein the X, Y translation stage is selectively positionable in an X-Y plane independently of movement of the X, Y controller, the X, Y translation stage further comprising a loading substrate coupled thereto and wherein the movement of the X, Y translation stage moves the loading substrate between a first position and a second position, the second position being located under the deposition probe.