Patents by Inventor Peter Lobban
Peter Lobban 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).
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Publication number: 20120269728Abstract: The present invention provides devices and methods for real time detection of target agents in a sample. These devices utilize tracking technology and selective binding to allow the identification of one or more target agents in a sample, and preferably in a biological sample. The present invention provides specific embodiments employing radio frequency identification devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Antara BioSciences Inc.Inventors: I-Min M. Jen, Mark O. Trulson, Kilian Dill, Marc R. Labgold, Dawei Sheng, George G. Jokhadze, Chandramohan V. Ammini, Peter Lobban
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Publication number: 20070255506Abstract: An embodiment of a method for consumable management is described that comprises acquiring a plurality of measures of sample quality, each sample associated with a well of a well plate; and providing a graphical representation of the well plate that includes a graphical representation of each of the wells and the associated measure of quality for the sample and to instruct users in the event of errors on how to recover. Additionally, an embodiment of the invention includes a method for handling pipette tip usage in a fluid handling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: Affymetrix, INC.Inventors: Peter Lobban, Luis Jevons, Maria DeGuzman
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Publication number: 20070054286Abstract: The invention provides arrays of immobilized probes, and methods employing the arrays, for detecting mutations in the biotransformation genes, such as cytochromes P450. For example, one such array comprises four probe sets. A first probe set comprises a plurality of probes, each probe comprising a segment of at least three nucleotides exactly complementary to a subsequence of a reference sequence from a biotransformation gene, the segment including at least one interrogation position complementary to a corresponding nucleotide in the reference sequence. Second, third and fourth probe sets each comprise a corresponding probe for each probe in the first probe set.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: AFFYMETRIX, INC.Inventors: Maureen Cronin, Charles Miyada, Earl Hubbell, Mark Chee, Stephen Fodor, Xiaohua Huang, Robert Lipshutz, Peter Lobban, MacDonald Morris, Edward Sheldon
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Publication number: 20060229824Abstract: The invention provides arrays of immobilized probes, and methods employing the arrays, for detecting mutations in the biotransformation genes, such as cytochromes P450. For example, one such array comprises four probe sets. A first probe set comprises a plurality of probes, each probe comprising a segment of at least three nucleotides exactly complementary to a subsequence of a reference sequence from a biotransformation gene, the segment including at least one interrogation position complementary to a corresponding nucleotide in the reference sequence. Second, third and fourth probe sets each comprise a corresponding probe for each probe in the first probe set.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Applicant: Affymetrix, INC.Inventors: Maureen Cronin, Charles Miyada, Earl Hubbell, Mark Chee, Stephen Fodor, Xiaohua Huang, Robert Lipshutz, Peter Lobban, MacDonald Morris, Edward Sheldon
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Patent number: 7108472Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20050063806Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Applicant: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew Carlson
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Publication number: 20040157336Abstract: A fluidics station is described that includes a housing that accepts removable modules, where each of the removable modules includes; a holder that receives a probe array cartridge, where the probe array cartridge includes a chamber that is fluidically coupled to fluid transfer apertures; a transport mechanism that reversibly transports the holder and the probe array cartridge between a first position and a second position; alignment pins constructed and arranged to engage one or more alignment features of the probe array cartridge, where the probe array cartridge is in the second position; and a needle constructed and arranged to interface with each of the fluid transfer apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2003Publication date: August 12, 2004Applicant: Affymetrix, INC.Inventors: Christopher Petroff, Frank McFall, Peter Lobban, Richard Brisk, Eric Schultz, Raymond W. Leveille
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Publication number: 20030198549Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicant: Affymetrix Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20030165830Abstract: The invention provides arrays of immobilized probes, and methods employing the arrays, for detecting mutations in the biotransformation genes, such as cytochromes P450. For example, one such array comprises four probe sets. A first probe set comprises a plurality of probes, each probe comprising a segment of at least three nucleotides exactly complementary to a subsequence of a reference sequence from a biotransformation gene, the segment including at least one interrogation position complementary to a corresponding nucleotide in the reference sequence. Second, third and fourth probe sets each comprise a corresponding probe for each probe in the first probe set.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Maureen Cronin, Charles Miyada, Earl Hubbell, Mark Chee, Stephen Fodor, Xiaohua Huang, Robert Lipshutz, Peter Lobban, MacDonald Morris, Edward Shelton
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Patent number: 6604902Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 6511277Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2000Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20020164235Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Applicant: Affymetrix, Inc., a California corporationInventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson