Patent 7416709 was granted and assigned to Takeda (company) on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method is provided that comprises having a trial generation station generate crystallization trials in a crystallization plate transporting the crystallization plate to an imaging station; and having the imaging station take images of the crystallization trials within 30 minutes of the formation of the crystallization trials; wherein the method is performed in a single automated system.