Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Bowden

Robert Allen Bowden 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).

  • Tamper Evident Point of Containment, Inventory and Accountability System and Method
    Publication number: 20180341795
    Abstract: The system in at least one embodiment provides a tamper evident specimen sample lock that in a further embodiment includes an embedded storage medium. They system and method in at least one embodiment allows for efficiently and securely creating, maintaining, identifying, tracking, and controlling inventories (either prospective or retrospective) of biological and chemical sample containers and their contents, while eliminating potential loss and degradation associated with handling the samples. The system in at least one embodiment provides a sample container tray or cryogenic box having one or more integrated RFID readers within an associated smart lid that sense RFIDs associated with the individual samples thereby eliminating the need to remove, visually inspect, and/or handle the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert Allen Bowden, Michelle Lynn Hossenlopp
  • Tamper evident point of containment, inventory and accountability system and method
    Patent number: 9858457
    Abstract: The system in at least one embodiment provides a tamper evident specimen sample lock that in a further embodiment includes an embedded storage medium. They system and method in at least one embodiment allows for efficiently and securely creating, maintaining, identifying, tracking, and controlling inventories (either prospective or retrospective) of biological and chemical sample containers and their contents, while eliminating potential loss and degradation associated with handling the samples. The system in at least one embodiment provides a sample container tray or cryogenic box having one or more integrated RFID readers within an associated smart lid that sense RFIDs associated with the individual samples thereby eliminating the need to remove, visually inspect, and/or handle the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert Allen Bowden, Michelle Lynn Hossenlopp
  • Tamper Evident Point of Containment, Inventory and Accountability System and Method
    Publication number: 20160328586
    Abstract: The system in at least one embodiment provides a tamper evident specimen sample lock that in a further embodiment includes an embedded storage medium. They system and method in at least one embodiment allows for efficiently and securely creating, maintaining, identifying, tracking, and controlling inventories (either prospective or retrospective) of biological and chemical sample containers and their contents, while eliminating potential loss and degradation associated with handling the samples. The system in at least one embodiment provides a sample container tray or cryogenic box having one or more integrated RFID readers within an associated smart lid that sense RFIDs associated with the individual samples thereby eliminating the need to remove, visually inspect, and/or handle the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert Allen Bowden, Michelle Lynn Hossenlopp