Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Meeks

Lawrence A. Meeks 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).

  • Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus which makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process
    Patent number: 7883015
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Firedrich Karl Ackermann, Manfred Augstein, Timothy L. Beck, Markus Stephan Fuerst, Robert Lawrence Meek, Phillip Edgar Pash, Blaine Edward Ramey, Robert Paul Sabo, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, Joerg Schreiber, Wolfgang Walter, Seth Faulkner Williams, Frederick Leland Wittekind, III
  • Host Apparatus and Method Providing Calibration and Reagent Information to a Measurement Apparatus with Makes Use of a Consumable Reagent in a Measuring Process
    Publication number: 20080217407
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Friedrich Karl Ackermann, Manfred Augstein, Timothy L. Beck, Markus Stephan Fuerst, Robert Lawrence Meek, Phillip Edgar Pash, Blaine Edward Ramey, Robert Paul Sabo, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, Joerg Schreiber, Wolfgang Walter, Seeth Faulkner Williams, Frederick Leland Wittekind
  • Heat distortion-resistant thermoplastic semi-conductive composition
    Patent number: 4451536
    Abstract: A heat distortion-resistant thermoplastic semi-conductive composition which includes ethylene-vinyl acetate and/or an ethylene acrylate ester copolymer, and an admixture of high density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene in addition to the electrically conductive component and other additives normally forming part of such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Barlow, Lawrence A. Meeks
  • Ethylene-vinyl acetate-silicone rubber laminates and preparation thereof
    Patent number: 3988496
    Abstract: Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with cross-linkable silicone rubber by admixing the ethylene-vinyl acetate resin with certain selected silanes prior to adhering the resin to the silicone rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Biggs, Lawrence A. Meeks
  • Silicone rubber-ethylene vinyl acetate adhesive laminates and preparation thereof
    Patent number: 3971883
    Abstract: Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with cross-linkable silicone rubber by dusting the surface of either the resin or rubber, or both, with a bonding agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Meeks, James W. Biggs
  • Ethylene-vinyl acetate silicone rubber adherent laminates and method of production
    Patent number: 3971884
    Abstract: Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with crosslinkable silicone rubber by coating the surface of the ethylene-vinyl acetate resin with a solution of a silane or a member of the class of compounds known as polyfunctional monomers prior to adhering the resin to the silicone rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Meeks, James W. Biggs
  • Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus which makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process
    Patent number: RE44345
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Roche Operations Ltd.
    Inventors: Friedrich Karl Ackermann, Manfred Augstein, Timothy L. Beck, Markus Stephan Fuerst, Robert Lawrence Meek, Philip Edgar Pash, Blaine Edward Ramey, Robert Paul Sabo, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, Joerg Schreiber, Wolfgang Walter, Seth Faulkner Williams, Frederick Leland Wittekind, III