Patents by Inventor Kai Holl

Kai Holl 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: 20240189823
    Abstract: A lidded vessel made of plastic for treating samples in the laboratory having a vessel having a tubular vessel body, a vessel floor at the bottom, a vessel opening at the top, and a circumferential first sealing region on or near the vessel opening, a lid having a lid floor and a circumferential second sealing region for sealing against the first sealing region, at least one apparatus for releasably attaching the lid to the vessel when the first sealing region is in sealing contact with the second sealing region, wherein the lid has, on the upper side, a series of divisions running around the central axis of the vessel for marking an alignment of the lidded vessel in a laboratory device for treating a sample in the lidded vessel and/or for marking a division representing a sample filled into the lidded vessel and/or for marking a division representing a treatment step of a sample in the lidded vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Eppendorf SE
    Inventors: Nils Gerke, Kai Holl
  • Patent number: 11896976
    Abstract: A lidded vessel assembly comprises a tubular vessel, a lid, and a latching device. The tubular vessel defines a vessel opening and comprises a vessel base, an inner wall, a sealing area and a parking area both defined on the inner wall and both positioned below the vessel opening. The lid comprises a lid base having an inside surface, and a plug projecting from the inside surface of the lid base. The plug is configured to be inserted through the vessel opening to engage the parking area to define a parking position, and configured to be further inserted through the vessel opening out of the parking area to bias against a portion of the sealing area to define a sealing position. The first latching device comprises a first latching element positioned on the inner wall of the vessel, and a second latching element positioned on the outside of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Michael Blumentritt, Kai Holl
  • Publication number: 20210039090
    Abstract: A lidded vessel assembly comprises a tubular vessel, a lid, and a latching device. The tubular vessel defines a vessel opening and comprises a vessel base, an inner wall, a sealing area and a parking area both defined on the inner wall and both positioned below the vessel opening. The lid comprises a lid base having an inside surface, and a plug projecting from the inside surface of the lid base. The plug is configured to be inserted through the vessel opening to engage the parking area to define a parking position, and configured to be further inserted through the vessel opening out of the parking area to bias against a portion of the sealing area to define a sealing position. The first latching device comprises a first latching element positioned on the inner wall of the vessel, and a second latching element positioned on the outside of the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Michael Blumentritt, Kai Holl
  • Patent number: D1008489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: EPPENDORF SE
    Inventor: Kai Holl