Patents by Inventor André Schumacher

André Schumacher 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).

  • Method and arrangement for generating or depositing a stream of fluid segments and use thereof
    Patent number: 8651129
    Abstract: An arrangement and method for generating or depositing a stream of m>1 fluid segments, respectively separated by an intermediary medium which does not mix with the fluid segments. The arrangement includes a molded body having a channel for conducting the fluid stream, from which n?m first access lines and n second access lines branch off. The first and second access lines are configured so to be inserted into n wells. The lengths of the first access lines differ from the lengths of the second access lines, and respectively one first valve is arranged in the channel, between the branching location for each second access line and the branching location for each associated first access line, and wherein respectively a second valve is arranged in each second access line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Karlsruhe Institut fuer Technologie
    Inventors: Bastian Rapp, André Schumacher
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING OR DEPOSITING A STREAM OF FLUID SEGMENTS AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120260996
    Abstract: An arrangement and method for generating or depositing a stream of m>1 fluid segments, respectively separated by an intermediary medium which does not mix with the fluid segments. The arrangement includes a molded body having a channel for conducting the fluid stream, from which n?m first access lines and n second access lines branch off. The first and second access lines are configured so to be inserted into n wells. The lengths of the first access lines differ from the lengths of the second access lines, and respectively one first valve is arranged in the channel, between the branching location for each second access line and the branching location for each associated first access line, and wherein respectively a second valve is arranged in each second access line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER
    Inventors: Bastian Rapp, André Schumacher