Patents by Inventor Clarke Bowers

Clarke Bowers 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).

  • Publication number: 20240105291
    Abstract: An automated laboratory system for processing biological samples in a batch type manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may receive assay instructions for biological samples processing among a plurality of devices. The devices may include a pre-analytical instrument and one or more analysis systems. The system may include an orchestration core application for determining an order of performance for the assays ordered for the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Clarke Bowers, William Howard Garrison, Michael T. VanSickler, Michael Fenske
  • Patent number: 11887703
    Abstract: An automated laboratory system for processing biological samples in a batch type manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may receive assay instructions for biological samples processing among a plurality of devices. The devices may include a pre-analytical instrument and one or more analysis systems. The system may include an orchestration core application for determining an order of performance for the assays ordered for the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Clarke Bowers, William Howard Garrison, Michael T. VanSickler, Michael Fenske
  • Publication number: 20230253080
    Abstract: An automated laboratory system for processing biological samples in a batch type manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may receive assay instructions for biological samples processing among a plurality of devices. The devices may include a pre-analytical instrument and one or more analysis systems. The system may include an orchestration core application for determining an order of performance for the assays ordered for the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Clarke Bowers, William Howard Garrison, Michael T. VanSickler, Michael Fenske
  • Patent number: 11581089
    Abstract: An automated laboratory system for processing biological samples in a batch type manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may receive assay instructions for biological samples processing among a plurality of devices. The devices may include a pre-analytical instrument and one or more analysis systems. The system may include an orchestration core application for determining an order of performance for the assays ordered for the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Clarke Bowers, William Howard Garrison, Michael T. VanSickler, Michael Fenske
  • Publication number: 20200303066
    Abstract: An automated laboratory system for processing biological samples in a batch type manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may receive assay instructions for biological samples processing among a plurality of devices. The devices may include a pre-analytical instrument and one or more analysis systems. The system may include an orchestration core application for determining an order of performance for the assays ordered for the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Clarke Bowers, William Howard Garrison, Michael T. VanSickler, Michael Fenske
  • Publication number: 20060107254
    Abstract: A system for computer-based testing for producing a test and delivering the test to an examinee includes a test driver that has an executable code that controls the test driver, a storage device that has a plurality of storage locations, which store the test definition language as a plurality of segments, and a validation expansion module that validates at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language and writes the at least one of the plurality of segments directly to at least one of the plurality of storage locations in the storage device. A method instantiating a validation expansion module during a test production cycle and loading at least one of the plurality of segments of the test definition language into the validation expansion module from a source file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Prometric, a division of Thomson Learning Inc.
    Inventor: Clarke Bowers
  • Publication number: 20060069970
    Abstract: A system for computer-based testing for producing a test and delivering the test to an examinee includes a storage device that has a first storage location, which stores a first segment of a test definition language, and a second storage location, which stores a second segment of the test definition language, a validation expansion module that validates the first segment and the second segment of the test definition language, a test packager that amalgamates the first storage location and the second storage location and transmits the amalgamated segment to the validation expansion module such that the validation expansion module can determine whether the amalgamated segment forms a complete and valid set, and a test driver that has an executable code that controls functionality that enables the test driver to deliver the test to an examinee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventor: Clarke Bowers