Patents by Inventor Ádám Wolf

Ádám Wolf 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).

  • Grip detection system for liquid handling robot
    Patent number: 12370694
    Abstract: A liquid handling robot has a worktable that supports a rack holding a set of pipette tips. The liquid handling robot also has an arm that is operably suspended above the worktable, where the arm includes a tip receiver that is configured to engage the set of pipette tips. A controller of the liquid handling robot is configured to raise the tip receiver away from the worktable to withdraw the engaged set of pipette tips from the rack. A sensor is fixed relative to the worktable and is operable to emit a beam. A microcontroller monitors the sensor with the arm in a checking position to determine if the rack interrupts in the beam to indicate that the rack stuck to the pipette tips, which is autonomously resolved by the liquid handling robot performing a corrective action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Ádám Wolf, Paul Majneri
  • GRIP DETECTION SYSTEM FOR LIQUID HANDLING ROBOT
    Publication number: 20230278234
    Abstract: A liquid handling robot has a worktable that supports a rack holding a set of pipette tips. The liquid handling robot also has an arm that is operably suspended above the worktable, where the arm includes a tip receiver that is configured to engage the set of pipette tips. A controller of the liquid handling robot is configured to raise the tip receiver away from the worktable to withdraw the engaged set of pipette tips from the rack. A sensor is fixed relative to the worktable and is operable to emit a beam. A microcontroller monitors the sensor with the arm in a checking position to determine if the rack interrupts in the beam to indicate that the rack stuck to the pipette tips, which is autonomously resolved by the liquid handling robot performing a corrective action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ádám Wolf, Paul Majneri