Patents by Inventor Peter Haviernik

Peter Haviernik 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).

  • Condensation-reducing incubation cover
    Patent number: 9180461
    Abstract: A cover for covering an array of sample tubes during an incubation process. The cover has an upper panel and protrusions extending downward from the upper panel. Each protrusion has an upper seal and a lower seal. The upper seal includes a first conical section that tapers from a first diameter that is larger than the inside diameter of a corresponding sample tube to a second diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the corresponding sample tube. The lower seal includes a cylindrical section extending downward from the bottom of the first conical section. The cylindrical section has a diameter selected to create a capillary seal, in the presence of a liquid, between the cylindrical section and an adjacent portion of an inner wall of the corresponding sample tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Theodore Edens, Andrew Leonard, Bert Jungheim, Peter Haviernik, Bowen Cui
  • TUBE STRIP HANDLING AND HEATING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140112829
    Abstract: A tube strip handling and heating frame having a rectangular outer frame having two spaced longitudinal walls extending in a longitudinal direction, and two spaced lateral walls extending in a lateral direction and extending between respective ends of the longitudinal walls. The outer frame forms an enclosure having an open upper side and an open lower side. The frame also has a number of tube strip wells located inside the outer frame, each tube strip well has a slot elongated in the lateral direction, and each slot is configured to receive a respective tube strip through the open upper side and support the respective tube strip in a vertical direction. The tube strip wells are arranged in a series along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: QIAGEN GAITHERSBURG, INC.
    Inventors: BRADLEY SCOTT THOMAS, Carl Theodore Edens, Andrew Leonard, Bert Jungheim, Peter Haviernik, Bowen Cui
  • CONDENSATION-REDUCING INCUBATION COVER
    Publication number: 20140112845
    Abstract: A cover for covering an array of sample tubes during an incubation process. The cover has an upper panel and protrusions extending downward from the upper panel. Each protrusion has an upper seal and a lower seal. The upper seal includes a first conical section that tapers from a first diameter that is larger than the inside diameter of a corresponding sample tube to a second diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the corresponding sample tube. The lower seal includes a cylindrical section extending downward from the bottom of the first conical section. The cylindrical section has a diameter selected to create a capillary seal, in the presence of a liquid, between the cylindrical section and an adjacent portion of an inner wall of the corresponding sample tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: QIAGEN GAITHERSBURG, INC.
    Inventors: CARL THEODORE EDENS, ANDREW LEONARD, BERT JUNGHEIM, PETER HAVIERNIK, BOWEN CUI