Patents Represented by Attorney Wood, Harron & Evans, LLP

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  • Swing-out unit for a centrifuge having skewed sample vessel recesses
    Patent number: 8211003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a swing-out unit for a centrifuge, with the swing-out unit comprising sample vessel recesses and being insertable in a centrifuge rotor head to be swivelable about a swing-out axis, with the axes of at least two sample vessel recesses being arranged in a skewed manner with respect to one another. As a result, more sample vessels can be inserted in a swing-out unit than was previously possible with limited overall space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Thermo Electron LED GmbH
    Inventor: Viktor Betke
  • Computer grid access management system
    Patent number: 7937589
    Abstract: An apparatus and program product manage access to a remote computing grid that is not normally accessible to a client. A client computer may communicate with the computing grid via a dropbox configured to receive and distribute data between the client computer and the grid. The connection may remain open while multiple commands are thus communicated to the computing grid, and the identity of the client submitting the commands may be authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Andrew Oswald, Janice Lynn Pascoe, Paul Emery Schardt, Lance Gordon Thompson
  • Heat transfer label
    Patent number: 7622171
    Abstract: A heat transfer label comprising a support portion and a transfer portion for transfer of the transfer portion from the support portion to an article. The article may be untreated polyethylene, polypropylene, PET, or acrylonitrile. Heat is applied to the support portion while the transfer portion is placed into contact with the untreated polyethylene, polypropylene, or acrylonitrile article. The transfer portion comprises an adhesive layer comprising a vinyl acetate resin, a tackifying petroleum hydrocarbon resin, and a microcrystalline wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Multi-Color Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Laprade
  • Oval tapering blunt cannula proximal portion
    Patent number: D571006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Baxter, Theodore J. Mosler, Charles R. Patzer