Patents by Inventor Luciana Rudolph

Luciana Rudolph 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).

  • Retractable pin mixing sample forming device
    Patent number: 8220985
    Abstract: The invention is a device for processing materials comprising a mixing chamber having a valve for removal of the material from the mixing chamber and a piston which fits within the mixing chamber in a manner such that the piston can be moved to remove substantially all material from the mixing chamber via the valve; at least one, preferably at least two, retractable mixing element(s) wherein each of such elements is movable in and out of the mixing chamber through a port wherein the element and port are configured such that during mixing and when the element is withdrawn from the mixing chamber substantially no material is removed from the mixing chamber via the port. The invention is also a method of using such a device and a system comprising use of such devices in an automated or partially automated array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mark Alan Barger, Parvinder Singh Walia, Matthew T. Bishop, Anthony Charles Neubauer, Joseph Dooley, Shih-Yaw Lai, Luciana Rudolph
  • RETRACTABLE PIN MIXING SAMPLE FORMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090316520
    Abstract: The invention is a device for processing materials comprising a mixing chamber having a valve for removal of the material from the mixing chamber and a piston which fits within the mixing chamber in a manner such that the piston can be moved to remove substantially all material from the mixing chamber via the valve; at least one, preferably at least two, retractable mixing element(s) wherein each of such elements is movable in and out of the mixing chamber through a port wherein the element and port are configured such that during mixing and when the element is withdrawn from the mixing chamber substantially no material is removed from the mixing chamber via the port. The invention is also a method of using such a device and a system comprising use of such devices in an automated or partially automated array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Alan Barger, Parvinder Singh Walia, Matthew T. Bishop, Anthony Charles Neubauer, Joseph Dooley, Shih-yaw Lai, Luciana Rudolph