Patents by Inventor Lewis Gibbs

Lewis Gibbs 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 staining and decolorization of biological material
    Patent number: 7452506
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for staining samples of biological material for accurate analysis of the sample. Biological material is applied to a substrate, such as a microscope slide. The biological specimen is then stained with a selected staining composition, which may be gentian violet for a Gram's Stain analysis. The stained biological material is at least partially decolorized and the level of decolorization is analyzed optically. If necessary, the decolorizing step and the optical analysis steps are repeated until a selected level of decolorization is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Burns Energy Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Walden Lewis Gibbs, Jeffrey Dwight Gibbs
  • E85 fuel composition and method
    Publication number: 20070256354
    Abstract: An E85 fuel composition comprising ethanol, gasoline and isopentane present in amounts so that the fuel meets the applicable minimum vapor pressure limits of ASTM D 5798 is disclosed. A method for producing an E85 fuel composition comprising adding a sufficient quantity of isopentane to ethanol or a mixture of ethanol and gasoline which has a vapor pressure lower than an applicable minimum vapor pressure limit of ASTM D 5798 to produce an E85 fuel having a vapor pressure that complies with the applicable minimum vapor pressure limits of ASTM D 5798 is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventor: Lewis Gibbs
  • Automated staining and decolorization of biological material
    Publication number: 20030138877
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for staining samples of biological material for accurate analysis of the sample. Biological material is applied to a substrate, such as a microscope slide. The biological specimen then is then stained with a selected staining composition, which may be gentian violet for a Gram's Stain analysis. The stained biological material is at least partially decolorized and the level of decolorization is analyzed optically. If necessary, the decolorizing step and the optical analysis steps are repeated until a selected level of decolorization is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Walden Lewis Gibbs, Jeffrey Dwight Gibbs
  • Automated staining and decolorization of biological material
    Patent number: 6468764
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for staining samples of biological material for accurate analysis of the sample. Biological material is applied to a substrate, such as a microscope slide. The biological specimen then is then stained with a selected staining composition, which may be gentian violet for a Gram's Stain analysis. The stained biological material is at least partially decolorized and the level of decolorization is analyzed electron optically. If necessary, the decolorizing step and the optical analysis steps are repeated until a selected level of decolorization is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventors: Walden Lewis Gibbs, Jeffrey Dwight Gibbs