Patents by Inventor Dale Hart

Dale Hart 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).

  • Patent number: 11647993
    Abstract: An oral fluid collection device is provided that includes a borosilicate glass collection tube that can be capped post-collection for containing a human donor's expectorated oral fluid. The collection tube has a lyophilized reagent disposed therein that is essentially free of surfactants and solvents and includes a bacteriostatic, a peptidoglycan cleaving enzyme, an esterase inhibitor, an antioxidant, and a buffer at a pH range of about 5.7 to about 6.5 for stabilizing drugs and drug metabolites that may be present in the donor oral fluid. Interaction between the collected oral fluid and the buffer-preservative is provided by gravity drawing the collected oral fluid downward into contact with the lyophilized buffer-preservative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Robert Merrifield White, Sr., John Malcolm Mitchell, Edwin Dale Hart
  • Publication number: 20220308032
    Abstract: Provided is a proficiency testing material, and in more particular aspects, a cannabis proficiency testing material comprising: a plant substrate; and at least one chemical and/or microbial contaminant, wherein the at least one chemical and/or microbial contaminant is chemically or physically associated with the plant substrate. Methods of preparing the proficiency testing material and kits including the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: E. Dale Hart, Nichole D. Bynum, Lisa C. Greene, Katherine M. Bollinger, Megan A. Grabenauer, Andrea C. McWilliams
  • Publication number: 20190192123
    Abstract: An oral fluid collection device is provided that includes a borosilicate glass collection tube that can be capped post-collection for containing a human donor's expectorated oral fluid. The collection tube has a lyophilized reagent disposed therein that is essentially free of surfactants and solvents and includes a bacteriostatic, a peptidoglycan cleaving enzyme, an esterase inhibitor, an antioxidant, and a buffer at a pH range of about 5.7 to about 6.5 for stabilizing drugs and drug metabolites that may be present in the donor oral fluid. Interaction between the collected oral fluid and the buffer-preservative is provided by gravity drawing the collected oral fluid downward into contact with the lyophilized buffer-preservative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Merrifield White, SR., John Malcolm Mitchell, Edwin Dale Hart
  • Patent number: 5109735
    Abstract: A power driven torque tool for turning a socket to set a threaded fastener. A socket drive to drive the socket from its side has a passage through which a key passes. The key is held in a key holder which itself is held against rotation by a bias spring that biases the key away from the socket, and by holding the key holder against rotation also holds the key against rotation. The key can quickly be changed by releasing the spring from the key holder, changing the key, and then reattaching the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Hi-Shear Corporation
    Inventor: Dale Hart