Patents by Inventor Mohammad Yaser Heidari Khajepour

Mohammad Yaser Heidari Khajepour 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).

  • Micro-gripper for Automated Sample Harvesting and Analysis
    Publication number: 20140044237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro-gripper comprising tweezers, designed to be used for the harvesting of fragile sub-millimeter samples from their production or storage medium. The tweezers may be equipped with removable soft ending elements to prevent the deterioration of the sample. When coupled to a robotic arm, this micro-gripper allows automated flow of operations in a continuous and automated process, from harvesting to sample preparation and analysis. The present invention is particularly used in X-ray crystallography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Ferrer, Mohammad Yaser Heidari Khajepour, Nathalie Agnes Larive, Xavier Vernede