Patents by Inventor B. Albert Griffin
B. Albert Griffin 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).
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Patent number: 9038488Abstract: Methods and devices for inline sampling of a bulk material, such as a powder, are provided. The material's bulk density can be determined from samples drawn using methods and devices described herein. One embodiment of a method of sampling a material allows the material to flow through a sampling compartment, closes off the flow of material below the sampling compartment, builds up a column of material through the sampling compartment, shifts the sampling compartment to remove a slice of material in the column, and places the slice of material into a sample container. A device for sampling a material is provided in another embodiment. The device includes an inlet, an outlet aligned with the inlet, and a sample collector. The sample collector can include at least one through hole and be configured to move such that the at least one through hole can be moved into and out of alignment with the inlet and the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: James E. Sinclair, B. Albert Griffin, Minh Vuong
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Patent number: 8978491Abstract: Methods and devices for inline sampling of a bulk material, such as a powder, are provided. The material's bulk density can be determined from samples drawn using methods and devices described herein. One embodiment of a method of sampling a material allows the material to flow through a sampling compartment, closes off the flow of material below the sampling compartment, builds up a column of material through the sampling compartment, shifts the sampling compartment to remove a slice of material in the column, and places the slice of material into a sample container. A device for sampling a material is provided in another embodiment. The device includes an inlet, an outlet aligned with the inlet, and a sample collector. The sample collector can include at least one through hole and be configured to move such that the at least one through hole can be moved into and out of alignment with the inlet and the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: James E. Sinclair, B. Albert Griffin, Minh Vuong
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Patent number: 8397592Abstract: Methods and devices for inline sampling of a bulk material, such as a powder, are provided. The material's bulk density can be determined from samples drawn using methods and devices described herein. One embodiment of a method of sampling a material allows the material to flow through a sampling compartment, closes off the flow of material below the sampling compartment, builds up a column of material through the sampling compartment, shifts the sampling compartment to remove a slice of material in the column, and places the slice of material into a sample container. A device for sampling a material is provided in another embodiment. The device includes an inlet, an outlet aligned with the inlet, and a sample collector. The sample collector can include at least one through hole and be configured to move such that the at least one through hole can be moved into and out of alignment with the inlet and the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: James Sinclair, B. Albert Griffin, Minh Vuong
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Patent number: 8071789Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Publication number: 20110203392Abstract: Methods and devices for inline sampling of a bulk material, such as a powder, are provided. The material's bulk density can be determined from samples drawn using methods and devices described herein. One embodiment of a method of sampling a material allows the material to flow through a sampling compartment, closes off the flow of material below the sampling compartment, builds up a column of material through the sampling compartment, shifts the sampling compartment to remove a slice of material in the column, and places the slice of material into a sample container. A device for sampling a material is provided in another embodiment. The device includes an inlet, an outlet aligned with the inlet, and a sample collector. The sample collector can include at least one through hole and be configured to move such that the at least one through hole can be moved into and out of alignment with the inlet and the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: James Sinclair, B. Albert Griffin, Minh Vuong
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Publication number: 20100317097Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 7524972Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 7138503Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 6686458Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Publication number: 20030083373Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 6451569Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1999Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 6054271Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules and target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules. Methods of using the biarsenical molecules, tetraarsenical molecules and the target sequences are included.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1997Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 6008378Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules. Target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules are also included. The present invention also features kits that include biarsenical molecules and target sequences. Tetraarsenical molecules are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin
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Patent number: 5932474Abstract: The present invention features biarsenical molecules and target sequences that specifically react with the biarsenical molecules. Bonding partners that include target sequences, vectors that include nucleic acid sequences that encode the target sequences and host cells that include the target sequences are also featured in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1997Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roger Y. Tsien, B. Albert Griffin