Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Kercso

Joseph A. Kercso 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).

  • Publication number: 20030017085
    Abstract: The invention provides improved systems, devices, and methods for analyzing a large number of sample compounds contained in standard multi-well microtiter plates or other array structures. The multi-well plates travel along a conveyor system to a test station having a microfluidic device. At the test station, each plate is removed from the conveyor and the wells of the multi-well plate are sequentially aligned with an input port of the microfluidic device. After at least a portion of each sample has been input into the microfluidic channel system, the plate is returned to the conveyor system. Pre and/or post testing stations may be disposed along the conveyor system, and the use of an X-Y-Z robotic arm and novel plate support bracket allows each of the samples in the wells to be input into the microfluidic network through a probe affixed to a microfluidic chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: Caliper Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Kercso, Steven A. Sundberg, Jeffrey A. Wolk, Andrew W. Toth, Calvin Y.H. Chow, J. Wallace Parce