Patents by Inventor Adam Joel Bear

Adam Joel Bear 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).

  • Closure assembly for cell culture apparatus
    Patent number: 10626362
    Abstract: A closure assembly for a cell culture apparatus includes a port and a snap cap. The port has an annular sidewall defining an opening in communication with a cell culture chamber of a cell culture apparatus. The sidewall has (i) external threads for cooperating with internal threads of a twist cap and (ii) an annularly protruding snap cap engagement feature. The snap cap has a top and an annular sidewall extending from the top. The sidewall of the snap cap has an inwardly annularly projecting element configured to engage with the annularly protruding snap cap engagement feature of the port such that, when fully engaged, the snap cap is not readily removed from the port by unaided human force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Adam Joel Bear, Heidi Marie Brown, Matthew Donald Mitchell, James M Philippe, Paul Kevin Seeto
  • CLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR CELL CULTURE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160362651
    Abstract: A closure assembly for a cell culture apparatus includes a port and a snap cap. The port has an annular sidewall defining an opening in communication with a cell culture chamber of a cell culture apparatus. The sidewall has (i) external threads for cooperating with internal threads of a twist cap and (ii) an annularly protruding snap cap engagement feature. The snap cap has a top and an annular sidewall extending from the top. The sidewall of the snap cap has an inwardly annularly projecting element configured to engage with the annularly protruding snap cap engagement feature of the port such that, when fully engaged, the snap cap is not readily removed from the port by unaided human force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Adam Joel Bear, Heidi Marie Brown, Matthew Donald Mitchell, James M. Philippe, Paul Kevin Seeto