Patents by Inventor James J. Earley

James J. Earley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for robotically performing sanger dideoxynucleotide DNA sequencing reactions using controlled pipet
    Patent number: 5455008
    Abstract: A robotic system for performing nucleic acid sequencing reactions in microtiter plate format. The robot has a robot arm and its controller, robot hands with which it can manipulate microtiter plates with lids and microtiter plates without lids and with which it can perform pipetting in the 5 to 200 microliter range, cooled storage chambers with electronically controllable doors for storage of microtiter plates, cooled storage with an electronically controllable cover for storage of nucleic acid sequencing reagents, heating blocks to incubate the reactions at appropriate temperatures above ambient temperature, storage for boxes of micropipet tips, storage for microtiter plates in which sequence reactions will be performed and software for controlling the operation of the robot during pipetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventors: James J. Earley, Gerardus C. Tromp, Darwin J. Prockop, Sisko H. Kuivaniemi
  • Flexible support arm
    Patent number: D710186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: James J. Earley