Patents by Inventor Reid Kress

Reid Kress 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).

  • Dual manifold system and method for fluid transfer
    Patent number: 6627157
    Abstract: A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits. In operation, the aspiration manifold is actuated such that the aspiration manifold is seated onto an array of reagent-filled wells of the microtiter plate. The wells are pressurized to force reagent through conduits toward the dispense manifold. A pressure pulse provided by a standard ink-jet printhead ejects nanoliter-to-picoliter droplets of reagent through an array of printhead orifices and onto test sites on the surface of the microelectronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchel J. Doktycz, William Louis Bryan, Reid Kress
  • Dual manifold system and method for fluid transfer
    Patent number: 6569687
    Abstract: A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits. In operation, the aspiration manifold is actuated such that the aspiration manifold is seated onto an array of reagent-filled wells of the microtiter plate. The wells are pressurized to force reagent through conduits toward the dispense manifold. A pressure pulse provided by a standard ink-jet printhead ejects nanoliter-to-picoliter droplets of reagent through an array of printhead orifices and onto test sites on the surface of the microelectronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchel J. Doktycz, William Louis Bryan, Reid Kress
  • Dual manifold system and method for fluid transfer
    Publication number: 20010053337
    Abstract: A dual-manifold assembly is provided for the rapid, parallel transfer of liquid reagents from a microtiter plate to a solid state microelectronic device having biological sensors integrated thereon. The assembly includes aspiration and dispense manifolds connected by a plurality of conduits. In operation, the aspiration manifold is actuated such that the aspiration manifold is seated onto an array of reagent-filled wells of the microtiter plate. The wells are pressurized to force reagent through conduits toward the dispense manifold. A pressure pulse provided by a standard ink-jet printhead ejects nanoliter-to-picoliter droplets of reagent through an array of printhead orifices and onto test sites on the surface of the microelectronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Mitchel J. Doktycz, William Louis Bryan, Reid Kress