Patents by Inventor Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO
Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO 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).
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Patent number: 11944975Abstract: A thermal cycler system comprises a sample block configured to receive a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples; an adaptor configured to surround a periphery of the sample block; and a drip pan configured to surround a periphery of the adaptor. The drip pan comprises one or more ejector mechanisms and one or more openings, the one or more ejector mechanisms configured to respectively extend through the one or more openings into contact with the sample holder in a state of the sample holder received by the sample block and the adaptor surrounding the periphery of the sample block.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi Tan, Wuh Ken Loh, Siew Yin Lee, Kuan Moon (Bernard) Boo
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Publication number: 20230134044Abstract: A thermal cycler system comprises a sample block configured to receive a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples; an adaptor configured to surround a periphery of the sample block; and a drip pan configured to surround a periphery of the adaptor. The drip pan comprises one or more ejector mechanisms and one or more openings, the one or more ejector mechanisms configured to respectively extend through the one or more openings into contact with the sample holder in a state of the sample holder received by the sample block and the adaptor surrounding the periphery of the sample block.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi TAN, Wuh Ken LOH, Siew Yin LEE, Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO
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Patent number: 11548007Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block having an upstanding peripheral side wall and being configured to receive the sample holder and an adaptor having an upstanding peripheral side wall configured to be positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block. When the peripheral side wall of the adaptor is positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block and the sample holder is received in the sample block, the peripheral side wall of the adaptor extends in an upward direction toward the sample holder.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi Tan, Wuh Ken Loh, Siew Yin Lee, Kuan Moon (Bernard) Boo
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Publication number: 20220040700Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block configured to receive the sample holder, a cover lid configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from an open position to a closed position, a heated cover operatively coupled to the cover lid and configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a raised position to a first lowered position, in which the heated cover contacts the sample holder when the sample holder is received by the sample block, and a drive assembly including a motion guide configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a first position, wherein the cover lid is in the open position and the heated cover is in the raised position, to a second position, wherein the cover lid is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi TAN, Wuh Ken LOH, Siew Yin LEE, Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO
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Patent number: 11110462Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block configured to receive the sample holder, a cover lid configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from an open position to a closed position, a heated cover operatively coupled to the cover lid and configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a raised position to a first lowered position, in which the heated cover contacts the sample holder when the sample holder is received by the sample block, and a drive assembly including a motion guide configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a first position, wherein the cover lid is in the open position and the heated cover is in the raised position, to a second position, wherein the cover lid is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi Tan, Wuh Ken Loh, Siew Yin Lee, Kuan Moon (Bernard) Boo
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Publication number: 20200101462Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block having an upstanding peripheral side wall and being configured to receive the sample holder and an adaptor having an upstanding peripheral side wall configured to be positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block. When the peripheral side wall of the adaptor is positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block and the sample holder is received in the sample block, the peripheral side wall of the adaptor extends in an upward direction toward the sample holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi TAN, Wuh Ken LOH, Siew Yin LEE, Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO
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Publication number: 20200016599Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block configured to receive the sample holder, a cover lid configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from an open position to a closed position, a heated cover operatively coupled to the cover lid and configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a raised position to a first lowered position, in which the heated cover contacts the sample holder when the sample holder is received by the sample block, and a drive assembly including a motion guide configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a first position, wherein the cover lid is in the open position and the heated cover is in the raised position, to a second position, wherein the cover lid is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi TAN, Wuh Ken LOH, Siew Yin LEE, Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO
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Patent number: 10471432Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block having an upstanding peripheral side wall and being configured to receive the sample holder and an adaptor having an upstanding peripheral side wall configured to be positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block. When the peripheral side wall of the adaptor is positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block and the sample holder is received in the sample block, the peripheral side wall of the adaptor extends in an upward direction toward the sample holder.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Zeqi Tan, Wuh Ken Loh, Siew Yin Lee, Kuan Moon (Bernard) Boo
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Patent number: 10384208Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block configured to receive the sample holder, a cover lid configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from an open position to a closed position, a heated cover operatively coupled to the cover lid and configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a raised position to a first lowered position, in which the heated cover contacts the sample holder when the sample holder is received by the sample block, and a drive assembly including a motion guide configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a first position, wherein the cover lid is in the open position and the heated cover is in the raised position, to a second position, wherein the cover lid is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Zeqi Tan, Wuh Ken Loh, Siew Yin Lee, Kuan Moon (Bernard) Boo
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Publication number: 20170173587Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block configured to receive the sample holder, a cover lid configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from an open position to a closed position, a heated cover operatively coupled to the cover lid and configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a raised position to a first lowered position, in which the heated cover contacts the sample holder when the sample holder is received by the sample block, and a drive assembly including a motion guide configured to move in a direction toward the sample block from a first position, wherein the cover lid is in the open position and the heated cover is in the raised position, to a second position, wherein the cover lid is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Zeqi TAN, Wuh Ken LOH, Siew Yin LEE, Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO
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Publication number: 20170173586Abstract: A thermal cycler system for use with a sample holder configured to receive a plurality of samples includes a sample block having an upstanding peripheral side wall and being configured to receive the sample holder and an adaptor having an upstanding peripheral side wall configured to be positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block. When the peripheral side wall of the adaptor is positioned about the peripheral side wall of the sample block and the sample holder is received in the sample block, the peripheral side wall of the adaptor extends in an upward direction toward the sample holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Zeqi TAN, Wuh Ken LOH, Siew Yin LEE, Kuan Moon (Bernard) BOO