Patents by Inventor David Byatt

David Byatt 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automated excision of samples from two-dimensional electrophoresis gels
    Patent number: 7365847
    Abstract: A system for automated excision of one or more samples from a sample media, including by using a device for electronically capturing one or more traits of samples in the media, using a microprocessor linked to the device to analyze the captured traits by comparison to reference databases, identifying samples of interest at location coordinates in the sample media, and automatically excising and processing the samples through the use of a novel robotic excision tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Auton, Paul Thomas Ryan, David Byatt
  • Method and apparatus for facilitating the creation and analysis of microarrays
    Publication number: 20060263795
    Abstract: A substrate holder is provided to move a slide containing a microarray of biomaterial through a biomaterial analysis process. The substrate holder includes a substrate loader that allows loading of slides into the substrate holder with minimal contact to the slide, thereby minimizing the amount of contamination on the slide. The substrate holder can be used to transport a microarray of DNA through array fabrication, hybridization and analysis stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Williams, David Byatt, David Crosby, Jonathan Parker
  • Method and apparatus for automated excision of samples from two-dimensional electrophoresis gels
    Publication number: 20050264812
    Abstract: A system for automated excision of one or more samples from a sample media, including by using a device for electronically capturing one or more traits of samples in the media, using a microprocessor linked to the device to analyze the captured traits by comparison to reference databases, identifying samples of interest at location coordinates in the sample media, and automatically excising and processing the samples through the use of a novel robotic excision tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Auton, Paul Ryan, David Byatt
  • Method and apparatus for automated excision of samples from two-dimensional electrophoresis gels
    Patent number: 6816259
    Abstract: A system for automated excision of one or more samples from a sample media, including by using a device for electronically capturing one or more traits of samples in the media, using a microprocessor linked to the device to analyze the captured traits by comparison to reference databases, identifying samples of interest at location coordinates in the sample media, and automatically excising and processing the samples through the use of a novel robotic excision tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventors: Kevin Auton, Paul Thomas Ryan, David Byatt
  • Method and apparatus for facilitating the creation and analysis of microarrays
    Publication number: 20030008310
    Abstract: A substrate holder is provided to move a slide containing a microarray of biomaterial through a biomaterial analysis process. The substrate holder includes a substrate loader that allows loading of slides into the substrate holder with minimal contact to the slide, thereby minimizing the amount of contamination on the slide. The substrate holder can be used to transport a microarray of DNA through array fabrication, hybridization and analysis stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Williams, David Byatt, David Crosby, Jonathan Ian Parker