Patents by Inventor Robert E. Krug

Robert E. Krug 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).

  • Microplate mount system and sensing methods
    Patent number: 8614789
    Abstract: The invention is a microplate mounting system for mounting a microplate relative to an optical reader to control an angle of incidence of an interrogation beam at the microplate and includes a reference plane with at least one set of mount features that engage one or both of the bottom of the microplate and the skirt of the and a first positioning mechanism that provides a reversible and predetermined separation in the z direction between a plane formed by the bottom of the microplate and the reader, to control the angle of incidence of the interrogation beam at the microplate by reversibly controlling the relative positioning of the microplate in the z direction through the engagement between the bottom and/or skirt of the microplate and the at least one set of mount features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignees: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc, Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: David Noblett, Robert E. Krug, Steven Liebold, Mark Francis Krol, David Andrew Pastel, Ravi Marala, Dawn Neumann
  • Precision liquid dispensing system
    Patent number: 8158083
    Abstract: A system for dispensing microdrops of reagent in small, precisely metered quantities maintains the fluid reagent to be dispensed in a reservoir under a controlled pressure. The reagent is dispensed through multiple nozzles connected to solenoid-actuated valves that control the flow of the reagent from the reservoir to the nozzles. Each valve is connected to one of the nozzles and electrical pulses are supplied separately to each of the valves to separately control the opening and closing of each valve to dispense predetermined quantities of the reagent through each nozzle at predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Krug, William Austhof, Dennis Makowski, Daniel L. Bantz, Marek Turewica
  • MICROPLATE MOUNT SYSTEM AND SENSING METHODS
    Publication number: 20110273706
    Abstract: The invention is a microplate mounting system for mounting a microplate relative to an optical reader to control an angle of incidence of an interrogation beam at the microplate and includes a reference plane with at least one set of mount features that engage one or both of the bottom of the microplate and the skirt of the and a first positioning mechanism that provides a reversible and predetermined separation in the z direction between a plane formed by the bottom of the microplate and the reader, to control the angle of incidence of the interrogation beam at the microplate by reversibly controlling the relative positioning of the microplate in the z direction through the engagement between the bottom and/or skirt of the microplate and the at least one set of mount features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: David Noblett, Robert E. Krug, Steven Liebold, Mark Francis Krol, David Andrew Pastel, Ravi Marala, Ken Neumann, Dawn Neumann
  • PRECISION LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090010810
    Abstract: A system for dispensing microdrops of reagent in small, precisely metered quantities maintains the fluid reagent to be dispensed in a reservoir under a controlled pressure. The reagent is dispensed through multiple nozzles connected to solenoid-actuated valves that control the flow of the reagent from the reservoir to the nozzles. Each valve is connected to one of the nozzles and electrical pulses are supplied separately to each of the valves to separately control the opening and closing of each valve to dispense predetermined quantities of the reagent through each nozzle at predetermined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: PERKINELMER LAS INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Krug, William Austhof, Dennis Makowski, Daniel L. Bantz, Marek Turewicz
  • Precision liquid dispensing system
    Patent number: 7410615
    Abstract: A system for dispensing microdrops of reagent in small, precisely metered quantities maintains the fluid reagent to be dispensed in a reservoir under a controlled pressure. The reagent is dispensed through multiple nozzles connected to solenoid-actuated valves that control the flow of the reagent from the reservoir to the nozzles. Each valve is connected to one of the nozzles and electrical pulses are supplied separately to each of the valves to separately control the opening and closing of each valve to dispense predetermined quantities of the reagent through each nozzle at predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: PERKINELMER LAS, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Krug, William Austhof, Dennis Makowski, Daniel L. Bantz, Marek Turewicz
  • Precision liquid dispensing system
    Publication number: 20040014238
    Abstract: A system for dispensing microdrops of reagent in small, precisely metered quantities maintains the fluid reagent to be dispensed in a reservoir under a controlled pressure. The reagent is dispensed through multiple nozzles connected to solenoid-actuated valves that control the flow of the reagent from the reservoir to the nozzles. Each valve is connected to one of the nozzles and electrical pulses are supplied separately to each of the valves to separately control the opening and closing of each valve to dispense predetermined quantities of the reagent through each nozzle at predetermined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Robert E. Krug, William Austhof, Dennis Makowski, Daniel L. Bantz, Marek Turewicz