Patents by Inventor Nicholas Chopas

Nicholas Chopas 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).

  • Publication number: 20210348109
    Abstract: Electroporation systems and methods are provided that include a processing assembly including a housing, a lid rotationally connectable to the housing, an opening in a top surface of the housing, an electroporation chamber below the opening in the housing, wherein the electroporation chamber comprises (i) two or more electrodes coated with an electrically conductive, non-cytotoxic material, and (ii) a gasket forming the shape of the electroporation chamber and defining the volume of one or more wells within the electroporation chamber. The system may include a docking station, the docking station comprising, a housing, a port in the housing configured to receive the processing assembly, a lid connected to the housing, one or more contacts configured to connect the docking station to an electroporation system housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Frank MODICA, Nicholas CHOPAS, James William LUTHER, Bertold ENGLER, Andrea BESANA, Thomas Alan PEACH
  • Patent number: 9546350
    Abstract: The electroporation chamber and its related devices combine the features of an electroporation chamber that acts as a manifold for regulation of sample flow with those of a flow electroporation device to form a regulated flow electroporation device. The invention further comprises a novel regulated flow electroporation chamber that enables conditions in which a sample is uniformly processed in individual fractions or volumes in a fully closed (sterile) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Maxcyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Dzekunov, Nicholas Chopas, Linhong Li
  • Publication number: 20110065171
    Abstract: The electroporation chamber and its related devices combine the features of an electroporation chamber that acts as a manifold for regulation of sample flow with those of a flow electroporation device to form a regulated flow electroporation device. The invention further comprises a novel regulated flow electroporation chamber that enables conditions in which a sample is uniformly processed in individual fractions or volumes in a fully closed (sterile) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Sergey Dzekunov, Nicholas Chopas, Linhong Li
  • Patent number: 7771984
    Abstract: The electroporation chamber and its related devices combine the features of an electroporation chamber that acts as a manifold for regulation of sample flow with those of a flow electroporation device to form a regulated flow electroporation device. The invention further comprises a novel regulated flow electroporation chamber that enables conditions in which a sample is uniformly processed in individual fractions or volumes in a fully closed (sterile) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Maxcyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Dzekunov, Nicholas Chopas, Linhong Li
  • Publication number: 20050282200
    Abstract: The electroporation chamber and its related devices combine the features of an electroporation chamber that acts as a manifold for regulation of sample flow with those of a flow electroporation device to form a regulated flow electroporation device. The invention further comprises a novel regulated flow electroporation chamber that enables conditions in which a sample is uniformly processed in individual fractions or volumes in a fully closed (sterile) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Sergey Dzekunov, Nicholas Chopas
  • Patent number: D931810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Luther, Bertold Engler, Andrea Besana, Thomas Alan Peach, Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas
  • Patent number: D943760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Luther, Bertold Engler, Andrea Besana, Thomas Alan Peach, Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas
  • Patent number: D944410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Luther, Bertold Engler, Andrea Besana, Thomas Alan Peach, Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas
  • Patent number: D976436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc
    Inventors: Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas, James William Luther, Bertold Engler, Andrea Besana, Thomas Alan Peach
  • Patent number: D998173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas
  • Patent number: D1016816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas, James William Luther, Bertold Engler, Andrea Besana, Thomas Alan Peach
  • Patent number: D1017609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MaxCyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Modica, Nicholas Chopas, James William Luther, Bertold Engler, Andrea Besana, Thomas Alan Peach