Remote execution of materials library designs
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1. A computer-implemented system for carrying out a set of experiments, comprising:
- a computer-implemented experiment design tool for generating at a first location an experiment request for execution of a set of experiments to be performed on a library of materials at a second location, the library of materials having a plurality of members, the first location being remote from the second location, the experiment request defining one or more starting materials to be used in the set of experiments, one or more distribution schemes to be used to assign the one or more starting materials to members of the library of materials, and one or more processing conditions to be applied to members of the library of materials, such that each of a plurality of the library members is defined by a unique combination of starting materials and/or process conditions;
interface means for communicating the experiment request from the first location to the second location;
a research engine at the second location, the research engine being operable to perform the set of experiments by distributing the starting materials to members of the library of materials according to the distribution scheme, applying the processing conditions to members of the library of materials according to the experiment request, and applying one or more specified screening methods to the members of the library of materials to generate experimental results;
a computer-implemented data viewer tool configured to provide access to the experimental results at the first location.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and business processes enabling individual chemists to design, order, and obtain data for multiple experiments or measurements in a timely and cost-effective manner. In particular implementations, the invention includes methods and apparatus for designing sets of custom experiments, ordering the execution of the experiments, communicating the order to a remote laboratory, executing the experiments at that laboratory using high-throughput technologies, and communicating the experimental results to the user.
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1. A computer-implemented system for carrying out a set of experiments, comprising:
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a computer-implemented experiment design tool for generating at a first location an experiment request for execution of a set of experiments to be performed on a library of materials at a second location, the library of materials having a plurality of members, the first location being remote from the second location, the experiment request defining one or more starting materials to be used in the set of experiments, one or more distribution schemes to be used to assign the one or more starting materials to members of the library of materials, and one or more processing conditions to be applied to members of the library of materials, such that each of a plurality of the library members is defined by a unique combination of starting materials and/or process conditions;
interface means for communicating the experiment request from the first location to the second location;
a research engine at the second location, the research engine being operable to perform the set of experiments by distributing the starting materials to members of the library of materials according to the distribution scheme, applying the processing conditions to members of the library of materials according to the experiment request, and applying one or more specified screening methods to the members of the library of materials to generate experimental results;
a computer-implemented data viewer tool configured to provide access to the experimental results at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented research system for carrying out a set of experiments, comprising:
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a computer-implemented experiment design tool for generating at a first location an experiment request for execution of a set of experiments, the experiment request including electronic data embodying an experiment design defining a set of experiments, the experiment design including an experiment matrix having a plurality of matrix elements, one or more starting materials assigned to the matrix elements and one or more process conditions to be applied to the matrix elements, each of a plurality of matrix elements being defined by a unique combination of starting materials and/or process conditions, the experiment design also defining one or more screening methods to be applied to generate experimental results;
a user interface subsystem configured to receive an experiment request for a set of experiments generated by the experiment design tool to be performed at a second location remote from the first location; and
a research engine at the second location, the research engine being configured to prepare a library of materials corresponding to the experiment matrix included in the experiment design, the library of materials having a plurality of members, each member containing the starting materials assigned to a corresponding matrix element, the research engine being operable to apply the process conditions to the members of the library of materials to transform at least one of the starting materials into a product and to apply the screening methods to generate experimental results;
the user interface subsystem being further configured to provide the experimental results to a user at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for carrying out a set of experiments, comprising:
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a computer-implemented experiment design tool for generating at a first location an experiment request for execution of a set of experiments, the experiment request including electronic data embodying an experiment design defining a set of experiments, the experiment design including electronic data defining an experiment matrix having a plurality of matrix elements, one or more starting materials assigned to the matrix elements and one or more process conditions to be applied to the matrix elements, each of a plurality of matrix elements being defined by a unique combination of starting materials and/or process conditions, the experiment design also defining one or more screening methods to be applied to generate experimental results;
user interface means for receiving at a second location an experiment request generated by the experiment design tool at the first location for a set of experiments to be performed at a second location, and for providing electronic data describing experimental results to a user at the first location, the second location being remote from the first location;
synthesis means for preparing a library of materials at the second location according to an experiment request received by the user interface means, the library of materials having a plurality of members corresponding to elements of the experiment matrix defined in the received experiment request;
processing means for applying the set of process conditions to the members of the library of materials at the second location to transform at least one of the starting materials into at least one product; and
screening means for applying the screening methods to the members of the library of materials at the second location to generate experimental results. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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