Patents by Inventor Brendyn Rodgers
Brendyn Rodgers 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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Publication number: 20230221223Abstract: A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Kenneth HENG-CHONG NG, Mark Brian Dockrill, Peter Toogood, Martin Limon, Daniel Dobrogorsky, Mark Wilcock, Greg Boyes, Brendyn Rodgers, Stephen John Bagnato, Ashan Chiranga Perera
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Patent number: 11635356Abstract: A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Kenneth Heng-Chong Ng, Mark Brian Dockrill, Peter Toogood, Martin Limon, Daniel Dobrogorsky, Mark Wilcock, Greg Boyes, Brendyn Rodgers, Stephen John Bagnato, Ashan Chiranga Perera
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Patent number: 10718695Abstract: A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Kenneth Heng-Chong Ng, Mark Brian Dockrill, Peter Toogood, Martin Limon, Daniel Dobrogorsky, Mark Wilcock, Greg Boyes, Brendyn Rodgers, Stephen John Bagnato, Ashan Chiranga Perera
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Publication number: 20190078986Abstract: A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Kenneth Heng-Chong NG, Mark Brian DOCKRILL, Peter TOOGOOD, Martin LIMON, Daniel DOBROGORSKY, Mark WILCOCK, Greg BOYES, Brendyn RODGERS, Stephen John BAGNATO, Ashan Chiranga PERERA
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Patent number: 10228382Abstract: A fluid transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus having slide treatment modules is disclosed. The fluid transport system including a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to slides received in the slide treatment modules. The fluid dispensing robot includes pumping means configured by the controller to pump the reagents to be dispensed from a plurality of corresponding reagent containers; a probe having a body arranged to store one or more of the reagents pumped via the pumping means so as to prime the probe with said one or more of the reagents to be dispensed; and a well disposed on the body of the probe to store further of the reagents primed to be dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Mark Brian Dockrill, Martin Limon, Michael Houston Drummond, Mark Wilcock, Brendyn Rodgers
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Patent number: 10145767Abstract: A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Kenneth Heng-chong Ng, Mark Brian Dockrill, Peter Toogood, Martin Limon, Daniel Dobrogorsky, Mark Wilcock, Greg Boyes, Brendyn Rodgers, Stephen John Bagnato, Ashan Chiranga Perera
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Patent number: 9927332Abstract: A slide transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus having slide treatment modules for receiving slides and a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense reagents to the slides is disclosed. The slide transport system includes a slide transport robot configured by the controller to move the slides to and from the slide treatment modules and a slide transport device disposed on the slide transport robot and configured by the controller to releasably hold the slides. A slide handling head on the slide transport robot moves a closure body of a slide treatment module from a normally closed to an open position to move slides in the slide treatment module. The slide transport device is configured by the controller to release a slide when located in the slide treatment module, when the closure body is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Mark Brian Dockrill, Martin Limon, Mark Wilcock, Steve Collins, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20150300931Abstract: A slide transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus having slide treatment modules for receiving slides and a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense reagents to the slides is disclosed. The slide transport system includes a slide transport robot configured by the controller to move the slides to and from the slide treatment modules and a slide transport device disposed on the slide transport robot and configured by the controller to releasably hold the slides. A slide handling head on the slide transport robot moves a closure body of a slide treatment module from a normally closed to an open position to move slides in the slide treatment module. The slide transport device is configured by the controller to release a slide when located in the slide treatment module, when the closure body is in the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Mark Brian Dockrill, Martin Limon, Mark Wilcock, Steve Collins, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20150276772Abstract: A fluid transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus having slide treatment modules is disclosed. The fluid transport system including a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to slides received in the slide treatment modules. The fluid dispensing robot includes pumping means configured by the controller to pump the reagents to be dispensed from a plurality of corresponding reagent containers; a probe having a body arranged to store one or more of the reagents pumped via the pumping means so as to prime the probe with said one or more of the reagents to be dispensed; and a well disposed on the body of the probe to store further of the reagents primed to be dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Mark Brian Dockrill, Martin Limon, Michael Houston Drummond, Mark Wilcock, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20150253225Abstract: A sample processing assembly for treatment of a sample on a substrate includes a mounting surface for the substrate and a closure body configured to releasably retain a cover member. The closure body is movable between an open position and a substantially closed position. When a substrate is placed in the assembly and the closure body is in the substantially closed position while retaining a cover member, a reaction chamber is formed for processing a sample. A cover member for use with the sample processing assembly is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTDInventors: Kenneth Heng-chong Ng, Mark Brian Dockrill, Peter Toogood, Martin Limon, Daniel Dobrogorsky, Mark Wilcock, Greg Boyes, Brendyn Rodgers, Stephen John Bagnato, Ashan Chiranga Perera
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Patent number: 8221696Abstract: A detergent dispensing device for an automatic washing machine has a cartridge, a selecting mechanism, an operating mechanism, and a thermal element. The cartridge includes a plurality of chambers to accommodate a detergent composition. The selecting mechanism selectively exposes each chamber to wash liquor allowing the detergent, in use, to be washed out of the chamber. The operating mechanism is movable from a first position to a second position for loading mechanical energy into the device which provides a restoring force for the operating mechanism. The thermal element retains the operating means in the second position and is arranged to move when subjected to an elevated temperature prevailing in an interior of the washing machine during a wash cycle, thereby the thermal element moves or releases the operating mechanism. The operating mechanism is arranged to advance the selecting mechanism to an adjacent chamber as the cartridge remains stationary.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Guido Brandt, Thomas Enkel, Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Michael Hahl, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20110272435Abstract: A detergent dispensing device for an automatic washing machine, the device having a cartridge with a plurality of chambers to accommodate a detergent composition, a selecting means to selectively expose each chamber to wash liquor allowing the detergent, in use, to be washed out of the chamber; a manual operating means being movable from a first position to a second position for loading mechanical energy into the device which provides a restoring force for the operating means, and a thermal element to retain the operating means in the second position, the thermal element being arranged to move when subjected to an elevated temperature prevailing in an interior of the machine during a wash cycle, thereby moving the operating means or releasing the operating means, the operating means being arranged to advance the selecting means to an adjacent chamber as the cartridge remains stationary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Guido Brandt, Thomas Enkel, Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Michael Hahl, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20100176148Abstract: A detergent dispensing device for an automatic washing machine, the device having a plurality of chambers to accommodate a detergent composition, a selecting means to selectively expose each chamber to wash liquor allowing the detergent, in use, to be washed out of the chamber; a manual operating means being movable from a first position to a second position for loading mechanical energy into the device which provides a restoring force for the operating means, and a return motion prevention means to retain the operating means in the second position, the return motion prevention means being arranged to move when subjected to a condition prevailing in an interior of the machine during a wash cycle, thereby moving the operating means to the first position or releasing the operating means to return to the first position during a single wash cycle; the operating means being arranged to move the selecting means and cartridge relatively to one another to advance the selecting means to an adjacent chamber as it movesType: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Guido BRANDT, Thomas Enkel, Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Michael Hahl, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20080274025Abstract: A detergent dispensing device for an automatic washing machine, the device having a cartridge with a plurality of chambers to accommodate a detergent composition, a selecting means to selectively expose each chamber to wash liquor allowing the detergent, in use, to be washed out of the chamber; a manual operating means being movable from a first position to a second position for loading mechanical energy into the device which provides a restoring force for the operating means, and a thermal element to retain the operating means in the second position, the thermal element being arranged to move when subjected to an elevated temperature prevailing in an interior of the machine during a wash cycle, thereby moving the operating means or releasing the operating means, the operating means being arranged to advance the selecting means to an adjacent chamber as the cartridge remains stationary.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2005Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER N.V.Inventors: Guido Brandt, Thomas Enkel, Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Michael Hahl, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides, Brendyn Rodgers
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Publication number: 20070017149Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mousetrap comprising: an enclosure comprised of a top, a base and apertures located on each of the top and the base, wherein the enclosure is in an open position upon substantial alignment of the apertures; and a trigger mechanism comprising a lever arrangement and a biasing means operably connected to the top and the base, wherein the lever arrangement defines a gap through which a mouse is able to move through and as a result, raise the lever, wherein the enclosure, when in the open position, is able to admit the mouse into the enclosure and when in the closed position, the trapped mouse is substantially concealed within the enclosure, the mousetrap being set to trap the mouse by manual rotation of the top relative to the base to open the enclosure by substantial alignment of the apertures, the enclosure being held open against the force of the biasing means by engagement of the lever arrangement with a stop means, the mousetrap being activated to trap the mouse by theType: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2004Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (Australia ) Pty LimitedInventors: Brendyn Rodgers, Duncan Watson, Jeffrey West
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Publication number: 20060185223Abstract: With reference to a preferred embodiment as depicted in FIG. 4, the present invention provides a mousetrap comprising a first part (5) and a second part (10) that together define an enclosure wherein the first part (5) and the second part (10) are operably connected to a first biasing means (60). Within the enclosure is retained a lever (45) having a first end (47), a bridge (49), a pivot means (40), a releasable catch means (57) and a second biasing means (55). The mousetrap is able to be set from a closed to an open position by rotation of the first part (5) in relation to the second part (10) against the force of the first biasing means (60). The mousetrap is held in the open position, ready to receive a mouse, by engagement of the releasable catch means (57) located on the lever (45) with a stop means (59) located on the first part (5). The mousetrap is activated by movement of the lever (45) by the mouse so that the releasable catch means (57) disengages the stop means (59).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty LimitedInventors: Duncan Watson, Brendyn Rodgers
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Patent number: 6431398Abstract: A vending machine includes a plurality of vending channels defined by parallel upright walls spaced across an upper part of the vending machine. Each wall of the vending machine defining the vending channels ends at a common lower height with escape openings at the lower ends of each vending channel. A plurality of circular cross sectional containers, being cans or bottles, can be stacked in a lying position within the vending channels and can escape through the respective lower escape openings. A dispensing arrangement is located below the plurality of the vending channels and includes a plurality of releasing mechanisms located adjacent each other and able to be separately or jointly controlled so that the vending channels can be divided into defined portions to receive different sized containers or different content containers and the required separate or adjacent releasing mechanisms can be activated to dispense the required container from the defined portion of the vending channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Nida Group Pty LtdInventors: James Edward Cook, Barry William Davies, Ross Nicholson, Brendyn Rodgers
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Patent number: D438186Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Telstra Corporation LimitedInventors: Brendyn Rodgers, Vu Khai Co
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Patent number: D514655Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2004Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Brendyn Rodgers, Graham Duell