Patents by Inventor Gerald Rowley

Gerald Rowley 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: 20200269375
    Abstract: A wood splitting turntable assembly includes a base that has an end plate slot therein for positioning around an end plate of a log splitter when the log splitter is positioned in a vertical orientation. The end plate slot has a width of at least 8.0 inches and a depth of at least 9.0 inches. A bearing is coupled to the base and a turntable is coupled to the bearing. A log can be positioned on the turntable when the base is positioned around the base of the log splitter. Moreover, the turntable is rotatable on the base to rotate the log for splitting the log around an entire circumference of the log without requiring a user to lift and reposition the log. An elastomeric band is positionable around the log to inhibit the log from falling apart from the log is split.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Gerald Rowley, Jeanne Rowley
  • Patent number: 7491551
    Abstract: This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complementary specific binding pair members for the analyte and a novel arrangement of capture zones comprising immobilized specific binding substances for either the analyte or the labelled reagent to effect bound from unbound labelled reagent as a function of analyte concentration. The capture zones are disposed on a non-bibulous matrix defining a flow path from a sample receiving zone to the capture zone. The devices of this invention also include multilane flow paths and multiple capture zones to quantitate analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Quidel Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Boehringer, Gerald Rowley, Allan D. Pronovost
  • Publication number: 20070243630
    Abstract: This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complementary specific binding pair members for the analyte and a novel arrangement of capture zones comprising immobilized specific binding substances for either the analyte or the labelled reagent to effect bound from unbound labelled reagent as a function of analyte concentration. The capture zones are disposed on a non-bibulous matrix defining a flow path from a sample receiving zone to the capture zone. The devices of this invention also include multilane flow paths and multiple capture zones to quantitate analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hans Boehringer, Gerald Rowley, Allan Pronovost
  • Patent number: 7144742
    Abstract: This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complementary specific binding pair members for the analyte and a novel arrangement of capture zones comprising immobilized specific binding substances for either the analyte or the labelled reagent to effect bound from unbound labelled reagent as a function of analyte concentration. The capture zones are disposed on a non-bibulous matrix defining a flow path from a sample receiving zone to the capture zone. The devices of this invention also include multilane flow paths and multiple capture zones to quantitate analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Quidel Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Boehringer, Gerald Rowley, Allan D. Pronovost
  • Publication number: 20050170527
    Abstract: This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complementary specific binding pair members for the analyte and a novel arrangement of capture zones comprising immobilized specific binding substances for either the analyte or the labelled reagent to effect bound from unbound labelled reagent as a function of analyte concentration. The capture zones are disposed on a non-bibulous matrix defining a flow path from a sample receiving zone to the capture zone. The devices of this invention also include multilane flow paths and multiple capture zones to quantitate analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hans Boehringer, Gerald Rowley, Allan Pronovost
  • Patent number: 6924153
    Abstract: This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complementary specific binding pair members for the analyte and a novel arrangement of capture zones comprising immobilized specific binding substances for either the analyte or the labelled reagent to effect bound from unbound labelled reagent as a function of analyte concentration. The capture zones are disposed on a non-bibulous matrix defining a flow path from a sample receiving zone to the capture zone. The devices of this invention also include multilane flow paths and multiple capture zones to quantitate analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Quidel Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Boehringer, Gerald Rowley, Allan Pronovost
  • Patent number: 5939331
    Abstract: A method and device for detecting the presence, absence or amount of an analyte in a whole blood sample is disclosed. The device comprises four zones, a sample receiving zone, a labeling zone, a capture zone and an absorbent zone. The sample receiving zone contains an irreversibly immobilized reagent that allows for removal of substantially all red blood cells from the whole blood sample. Flow through the device is via capillary migration and all of the dissolved or dispersed components in the sample flow at substantially equal rates and with relatively unimpaired flow through the device. The method involves the use of the device for detection of analyte in a whole blood sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Quidel Corporation
    Inventors: John Burd, Steven Miller, Gerald Rowley, Allan Pronovost
  • Patent number: 4945205
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for use in a chromatographic system wherein a component of a mixture is partitioned between a liquid phase and an immobile phase. The device comprises at least one strip of a bibulous material. In the chromatographic system the component traverses at least a portion of the strip. The strip generally has a longitudinal edge substantially corresponding to the direction of traverse of the component. The longitudinal edge has the characteristic of substantially the same rate of traversal by the component along this edge when compared to the rate of traversal of the component along the body of the strip. The strips are prepared from a sheet of a bibulous material by non-defomative or non-compressive cutting of the sheet. The preferred cutting means is a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: David Litman, Robert Zuk, Gerald Rowley
  • Patent number: 4756828
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for use in a chromatographic system wherein a component of a mixture is partitioned between a liquid phase and an immobile phase. The device comprises at least one strip of a bibulous material. In the chromatographic system the component traverses at least a portion of the strip. The strip generally has a longitudinal edge substantially corresponding to the direction of traverse of the component. The longitudinal edge has the characteristic of substantially the same rate of traversal by the component along this edge when compared to the rate of traversal of the component along the body of the strip. The strips are prepared from a sheet of a bibulous material by non-deformative or non-compressive cutting of the sheet. The preferred cutting means is a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: David Litman, Robert Zuk, Gerald Rowley