Associate Professor Lin Chii-wann of NTU's Institute of Biomedical Engineering says that the fluorescence microscopes currently used to read gene or protein chips use patented technology that is controlled by US companies. The instruments are bulky and expensive, costing NT $ 3 million apiece.
台大醫學工程研究所副教授林啟萬指出，目前判讀基因晶片或蛋白質晶片的螢光顯微鏡，技術與專利都控制在美國公司手上，不僅機體龐大，每台售價也高達三百萬台幣。