Patents by Inventor Thomas Louis Fare

Thomas Louis Fare 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).

  • Patent number: 6402369
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, devices for and methods for performing thermal signature assays on a two or more samples in an array, using active/control base thermopiles, the method comprising: [a] performing a heat transfer to the two or more samples in each of a two or more containers, using at least one base thermopile in thermal communication with the two or more containers; and [b] determining a total heat transferred to the samples by the base thermopile in step [a]; and [c] sensing in real time a temperature difference between a first sample and a second sample of the two or more samples resulting from performing step [a].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: David Norman Ludington, Thomas Louis Fare, Dominic Joseph Lo Iacono, Timothy James Davis, Helen Jiang Semus, Paul John Stabile, Frank Guarnieri, Russell Todd Granzow, Peter J. Zanzucchi, William Chiang
  • Patent number: 5992820
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid control device comprising: (a) a channel of capillary dimensions for conveying a liquid, (b) a bubble-forming device for forming a channel-blocking bubble in the channel, wherein such a bubble formed in the channel impedes the flow of the liquid through the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Louis Fare, Zhonghui Hugh Fan, Paul James Heaney