Patents by Inventor Philip M. Lintilhac

Philip M. Lintilhac 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).

  • Patent number: 6277637
    Abstract: Turgor pressure is measured in a cellular sample by contacting the sample with a convex probe, measuring the area of contact and using a formula to convert the area into turgor pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventors: Philip M. Lintilhac, John O. Outwater
  • Patent number: 4456683
    Abstract: A sterilizable tissue squeezer is disclosed, comprising a forcing frame fixed to selectively vertically displaceable relative to the lid of a sterile culture vessel. The forcing frame has at its lower end a pair of tissue interface members which may be gradually and accurately adjusted toward and away from each other to provide a direct mechanical force to living tissue growing in sterile culture for manipulating the plane of cell division therein to afford possible control of the emergence of form and promote establishment of stems and roots in culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Inventors: Philip M. Lintilhac, Thompson B. Vesecky