Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Macko

Christopher J. Macko 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).

  • POLYMER ENCASED SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20250073747
    Abstract: Methods for encasing bodies including smokeless tobacco or a tobacco substitute with a polymeric casing can include coating a compressed body with microfibers, applying tubular casings to compressed bodies, printing netting and webs on compressed bodies, injection molding around compressed bodies, applying a webbing to compressed bodies, placing compressed bodies into a skin forming bath, and including thermoplastic polymers in a compressed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Nathan CARROLL, Shannon Maxwell BLACK, Yan Helen SUN, William J. BURKE, Christopher Joseph DINOVI, David PHILLIPS, Jason Andrew MACKO, Robert SMITH
  • Reagent receptacle and support rack for automated clinical analyzers
    Patent number: 5253774
    Abstract: A reagent vessel and support rack for use in an automated clinical analyzer are disclosed. Characteristic features of the vessel are a membrane covering which is puncturable and preferably self-sealing, and characteristic features of the support rack are a rigid wall and retaining members to hold the vessel in the rack with the membrane against the rigid wall of the rack, thereby providing structural support to the membrane, with holes in the wall to permit access to the membrane and hence to the contents of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan S. Honig, Christopher J. Macko, Richard B. Edwards