Patents by Inventor Mark Lee Pankow

Mark Lee Pankow 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).

  • Method of making a fluid separator collection card
    Patent number: 8252139
    Abstract: A method of making a fluid sample collection card includes providing a support layer, forming an upper layer with a card stock, the upper layer including a sample window and a viewing window, supporting an absorbent layer with the support layer, and positioning the upper layer on the absorbent layer, wherein the upper layer is configured such that as a fluid is being absorbed by the first absorbent layer portion, presence of a portion of the fluid within the second absorbent layer portion indicates that a first volume of the fluid absorbed by the absorbent layer is a minimum necessary volume of the fluid sufficient to perform at least one test on at least one component in the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Advance Dx, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lee Pankow
  • Method of Making a Fluid Separator Collection Card
    Publication number: 20120031046
    Abstract: A method of making a fluid sample collection card includes providing a support layer, forming an upper layer with a card stock, the upper layer including a sample window and a viewing window, supporting an absorbent layer with the support layer, and positioning the upper layer on the absorbent layer, wherein the upper layer is configured such that as a fluid is being absorbed by the first absorbent layer portion, presence of a portion of the fluid within the second absorbent layer portion indicates that a first volume of the fluid absorbed by the absorbent layer is a minimum necessary volume of the fluid sufficient to perform at least one test on at least one component in the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCE DX, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Lee Pankow
  • Fluid separator collection card
    Patent number: 8062608
    Abstract: A device for separating and drying a fluid sample in one embodiment includes an upper layer including a sample window and a viewing window extending therethrough, the viewing window spaced apart from the sample window, an absorbent layer, having a width and a length, positioned beneath the upper layer and extending beneath the sample window and the viewing window, and a non-absorbent layer positioned beneath the absorbent layer, the non-absorbent layer having a width and a length greater than the width and the length of the absorbent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Advance Dx, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lee Pankow
  • Fluid Separator Collection Card
    Publication number: 20080286150
    Abstract: A device for separating and drying a fluid sample in one embodiment includes an upper layer including a sample window and a viewing window extending therethrough, the viewing window spaced apart from the sample window, an absorbent layer, having a width and a length, positioned beneath the upper layer and extending beneath the sample window and the viewing window, and a non-absorbent layer positioned beneath the absorbent layer, the non-absorbent layer having a width and a length greater than the width and the length of the absorbent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Advance Dx, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lee Pankow