Patents by Inventor John M. Brophy

John M. Brophy 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).

  • TIP PLATE FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20100080734
    Abstract: A pipette tip plate includes individual tips organized in ranks and files to match in pattern the array of wells in a standard well plate and held together by a web structure which permits individual tips to move into registration with individual pins of a robotic head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SORENSON BIOSCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Brophy, West L. Price
  • Tip plate for high throughput screening applications
    Publication number: 20040170534
    Abstract: A pipette tip plate includes individual tips organized in ranks and files to match in pattern the array of wells in a standard well plate and held together by a web structure which permits individual tips to move into registration with individual pins of a robotic head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: John M. Brophy, West L. Price
  • Expandable sequencing tray
    Patent number: 6277630
    Abstract: A DNA sequencing tray (92) holds an array of sample wells (82) in a rank and file pattern by means of rigid file members (85) connected by flexible mechanisms (87) permitting the pattern to be expanded to change the center-to-center spacing between adjacent wells (82) form 9 mm to 10.8 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Sorenson Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Brophy, West L. Price, Stephen C. Mackert
  • Micropipette tip strip and method
    Patent number: 6103198
    Abstract: A pipette tip device. The device includes a plurality of interconnected pipette tips disposed in substantially parallel orientation and in side-by-side alignment. The tips are hollow and each tip includes a tip body and a flattened distal extremity. The flattened distal extremities are all disposed in substantial co-planar alignment common to a single plane to thereby enable simultaneous insertion of the flattened distal extremities between closely spaced-apart plate surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Sorenson Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Brophy, West L. Price, Joseph Jeffs