Patents by Inventor Keith Copeland

Keith Copeland 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).

  • Automated biological reaction apparatus
    Publication number: 20050153453
    Abstract: An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel slide support for consecutively positioning each of a plurality of slide supports in the reagent application zone. The apparatus also has a carousel reagent support having a plurality of reagent container supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel for rotating the carousel and positioning a preselected reagent container support in the reagent supply zone. The apparatus also has a reagent delivery actuator means positioned for engaging a reagent container positioned on a container support in the reagent delivery zone and initiating reagent delivery from the reagent container to a slide supported on a slide support in the reagent receiving zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Copeland, Thomas Grogan, Charles Hassen, William Humphreys, Charles Lemme, Phillip Miller, William Richards, Wayne Showalter