Patents by Inventor Andr{acute over (e)} Lafond

Andr{acute over (e)} Lafond 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).

  • Biological specimen cassette
    Patent number: 6176383
    Abstract: A biological specimen cassette adapted to be installed with similarly constructed cassettes as a package in a cassette dispenser from which cassettes are thereafter dispensed individually comprises a channel formed in at least one of its walls to receive a connecting element, such as band, string or wire, which, when engaged to all cassettes, form a collective stacked arrangement of cassettes which is insertable into the cassette dispenser. Once received in the dispenser, the connecting element is then retrieved so that individual cassettes may be individually dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: 3088081 Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Andr{acute over (e)} Lafond, Yanick Bertin