Chemicals and chemical compositions for measuring molecular interactions for use in research and development in industry, science as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry, namely diagnostic agents and test kits for homogeneous and heterogeneous assays comprising functionalized surfaces, chemical, biological and biochemical compounds as recognition elements, enzymes, labeling compounds, assay reagents, washing reagents and calibration solutions

Laboratory apparatus and bioanalytical appliances comprising fluidic instruments for separation and mass spectrometric technologies; sensitized biochips and bioreactive surfaces, chemical and biochemical sensors, biochips containing nucleic acid, protein and receptor microarrays, and micro fluidic cell or biochip cartridges in nucleic acid and proteomic research; laboratory apparatus and instruments, comprising fluidic instruments and optical exciters and detectors, for the production and quality control of sensitized biochips and bioreactive surfaces containing chemical and biochemical sensors, nucleic acid, protein and receptor microarrays; spectrometers and optical scanners; optical exciters and detectors for biochips; photodiodes and photodiode arrays; photomultipliers; photographic cameras; video cameras; Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) cameras, namely, cameras employing a light-sensitive silicon chip for the detection and collection of optical signals from biochips; imaging systems comprising cameras and computers and exposure controls for use with photodiode arrays; photomultipliers, photographic cameras, video and CCD cameras for the detection and collection of optical signals from biochips; manually operated and automated sample preparation, assay and hybridization stations for the conditioning, probe introduction and automation of wash and assay cycles for the probe binding to microarrays in nucleic acid and proteomic research; computer software containing algorithms for identifying, filtering, quantifying and analyzing data from biochip images and controlling and automating the production, identification, assaying, imaging and analysis of biochips; computer software for study design, namely, design of experimental conditions, biochip design, namely, choice of recognition elements and their geometrical deposition on a biochip, assay design, namely, design of assay architecture and conditions, and data analysis from biochip images; computer software for the generation of databases and libraries, input of biochip data into databases and libraries, and interfacing with external databases and libraries for the correlation of analytical data with results from biological or pharmacological studies; computer monitors, printers and keypads for the display of biochip images; computer hard drives, disk drives and CD ROM drives for the storage of analytical biochip data into databases and libraries for correlation with results from biological or pharmacological studies

Manufacture of biochips to the order and/or specification of others

Laboratory research and development services in the field of bioanalytics, namely the development of pharmaceutical, medical, forensic, veterinary and agricultural chemicals and biochemicals, genomic and proteomic analysis, assaying, imaging and profiling, chemical screening analysis, and genetic medical testing services, biochip design and analysis services in the field of biotechnology; computer programming services in the fields of biotechnology and biochemistry, namely microarray designs for nucleic acid and protein structural analysis, imaging data analysis, generation of databases and libraries, input of biochip data into databases and libraries, and interfacing with external databases and libraries for the correlation of analytical data with results from biological or pharmaceutical studies