Patents by Inventor Pieter Adriaan Kuiper

Pieter Adriaan Kuiper 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).

  • Radio frequency identification marker housing
    Patent number: 8573501
    Abstract: A housing for a mine marker that houses RFID electronics. The RFID electronics is surrounded by a resiliently deformable tube that fits inside the housing, which may be an impact resistant plastic. The housing is filled with a first strengthening material and the tube may be filled with a second strengthening material. There is an impedance mismatch (a change in properties between adjacent layers so that shock waves are deflected) at the boundary between adjacent materials, (casing and first strengthening material, first strengthening material and tube, tube and second strengthening material, or casing and tube if they abut) which inhibits shock propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventors: Dylan Whiteman, Pieter Adriaan Kuiper, Alexander Cornelis Willem Kuiper
  • RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION MARKER HOUSING
    Publication number: 20120175423
    Abstract: A housing for a mine marker that houses RFID electronics. The RFID electronics is surrounded by a resiliently deformable tube that fits inside the housing, which may be an impact resistant plastic. The housing is filled with a first strengthening material and the tube may be filled with a second strengthening material. There is an impedance mismatch (a change in properties between adjacent layers so that shock waves are deflected) at the boundary between adjacent materials, (casing and first strengthening material, first strengthening material and tube, tube and second strengthening material, or casing and tube if they abut) which inhibits shock propagation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: MINDSPARK TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Dylan Whiteman, Pieter Adriaan Kuiper, Alexander Cornelis Willem Kuiper
  • Sample distribution apparatus/system
    Patent number: 7846384
    Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: A.I. Scientific Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Leslie Robert Watson, Christoph Friedrich Tschopp, Ross Andrew Weaver, Ian David Henderson, Pieter Adriaan Kuiper
  • Sample distribution apparatus/system
    Patent number: 7291309
    Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: A.i. Scientific Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Leslie Robert Watson, Christoph Friedrich Tschopp, Ross Andrew Weaver, Ian David Henderson, Pieter Adriaan Kuiper, Christian Darrel Decosterd
  • Sample distribution apparatus/system
    Publication number: 20040005245
    Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: A.I. SCIENTIFIC PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Leslie Robert Watson, Christoph Friedrich Tschopp, Ross Andrew Weaver, Ian David Henderson, Pieter Adriaan Kuiper, Christian Darrel Decosterd
  • Sample distribution apparatus/system
    Patent number: 6599476
    Abstract: A pathology distribution system 10 is provided for automated sample container 14, 15 distribution. The system 10 comprises a loading station 500 for loading samples in primary containers 14 of different types, a sample handling station 16 for receiving the containers 14 and identifying the container types and samples therein, and a container distribution station 38 for distributing the containers in areas or racks in the distribution station 38 marked for analyzing processes prescribed for the samples therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: A.i. Scientific Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Leslie Robert Watson, Christoph Friedrich Tschopp, Ross Andrew Weaver, Ian David Henderson, Pieter Adriaan Kuiper, Christian Darrel Decosterd
  • Sampling tube rack
    Patent number: D448854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: A.I. Scientific PTY LTD
    Inventors: Pieter Adriaan Kuiper, Cameron Wedgwood Boon