Patents by Inventor Gerald E. Spady

Gerald E. Spady 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).

  • Apparatus and method for growing anaerobic microorganisms
    Patent number: 6429008
    Abstract: An apparatus for growing anaerobic microorganisms is provided having a dish top that contains a sealing ring upon which the media surface in the dish bottom rests when the apparatus is inverted. The contact between the sealing ring and the media surface forms a seal that traps the gas in the headspace between the media surface and the inside of the dish top. A oxygen reducing agent can also be incorporated into the media together, in some instances, with a substrate which react with oxygen in the media and with oxygen in the headspace thereby creating an environment suitable for growing anaerobic, microaerophilic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Oxyrase, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Copeland, Howard I. Adler, Gerald E. Spady
  • Apparatus and method for growing anaerobic microorganisms
    Publication number: 20020045245
    Abstract: An apparatus for growing anaerobic microorganisms is provided having a dish top that contains a sealing ring upon which the media surface in the dish bottom rests when the apparatus is inverted. The contact between the sealing ring and the media surface forms a seal that traps the gas in the headspace between the media surface and the inside of the dish top. A oxygen reducing agent can also be incorporated into the media together, in some instances, with a substrate which react with oxygen in the media and with oxygen in the headspace thereby creating an environment suitable for growing anaerobic, microaerophilic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Oxyrase, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Copeland, Howard I. Adler, Gerald E. Spady
  • Apparatus and method for growing anaerobic microorganisms
    Patent number: 6204051
    Abstract: An apparatus for growing anaerobic microorganisms is provided having a dish top that contains a sealing ring upon which the media surface in the dish bottom rests when the apparatus is inverted. The contact between the sealing ring and the media surface forms a seal that traps the gas in the headspace between the media surface and the inside of the dish top. A oxygen reducing agent can also be incorporated into the media together, in some instances, with a substrate which react with oxygen in the media and with oxygen in the headspace thereby creating an environment suitable for growing anaerobic, microaerophilic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Oxyrase, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Copeland, Howard I. Adler, Gerald E. Spady
  • Apparatus and method for growing anaerobic microorganisms
    Patent number: 5955344
    Abstract: An apparatus for growing anaerobic microorganisms is provided having a dish top that contains a sealing ring upon which the media surface in the dish bottom rests when the apparatus is inverted. The contact between the sealing ring and the media surface forms a seal that traps the gas in the headspace between the media surface and the inside of the dish top. A oxygen reducing agent can also be incorporated into the media together, in some instances, with a substrate which react with oxygen in the media and with oxygen in the headspace thereby creating an environment suitable for growing anaerobic, microaerophilic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Oxyrase, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Copeland, Howard I. Adler, Gerald E. Spady
  • Apparatus and method for growing anaerobic microorganisms
    Patent number: 5830746
    Abstract: An apparatus for growing anaerobic microorganisms is provided having a dish top that contains a sealing ring upon which the media surface in the dish bottom rests when the apparatus is inverted. The contact between the sealing ring and the media surface forms a seal that traps the gas in the headspace between the media surface and the inside of the dish top. A oxygen reducing agent can also be incorporated into the media together, in some instances, with a substrate which react with oxygen in the media and with oxygen in the headspace thereby creating an environment suitable for growing anaerobic, microaerophilic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Oxyrase, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Copeland, Howard I. Adler, Gerald E. Spady