9. Abbreviations, Trademarks, and Symbols
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MTP Microplate
µl Microliter
NFM Nonferrous Metal
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
nm Nanometer
NRTL Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
OD Optical Density
OQ Operational Qualification
PCB Poly-chlorinated biphenyl
RF Radio Frequency
RoHS
Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous
Substances
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
USB Universal Serial Bus
UA Arbitrary Units
TÜV
Technischer Überwachungsverein
(Technical Inspection Agency)
V Volt
VA Volt Ampere
WEEE Waste electrical and electronic equipment
9.2 Trademarks
The following product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks
mentioned in this document are used for identification purposes only and remain
the exclusive property of their respective owners:
• LT-com, LT-4500 are trademarks of labtech.com, Uckfield, UK
• Multicheck™ is a trademark of Tecan Austria GmbH
• Windows
®
and Excel
®
are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA
• Pentium
®
and Atom
TM
are trademarks of Intel Corporation, Santa Clara,
CA, USA
• Adobe
®
Reader
®
is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated, Seattle, WA, USA
• Microcide SQ
TM
is a trademark of Global Biotechnologies Inc., Portland,
ME, USA
• Decon 90
TM
is a trademark of Decon Laboratories Ltd., Hove, East
Sussex, UK