Patents by Inventor Robert A. Ford

Robert A. Ford 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: 20140021116
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating a high pressure chromatography frit filter assembly is described. The frit is positioned in bondable contact with a polymer ring and then the frit is subject to inductive or targeted heating to cause the frit material to heat the adjacent polymer ring from the inside out. The polymer to liquefies and flow into and past one or more narrowing locations in the pore passageway extending from the surface of the frit to an infusion depth, which provides previously unachieved secure mechanical engagement and adherence and resistance to pressure blow by (break through) and prevents the flow of contaminants between the edge of the frit and the facing edge of the polymer ring in a high pressure or ultra-high pressure chromatography system, where inlet pressures in the range of pressures up to 18,000 PSI are expected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FH INSTRUMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Ford, Vance R. Chin, Kevin A. Medlock, Michael P. Keegan
  • Patent number: 7607563
    Abstract: A container for use in transporting food, such as pizza, and formed from a foldable blank. The container incorporates therein a cut-out adjacent a top wall thereof which serves as a finger grip for opening the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Arvco Container Corporation
    Inventors: D. Matt Hanna, Robert A. Ford
  • Publication number: 20080048013
    Abstract: A container for use in transporting food, such as pizza, and formed from a foldable blank. The container incorporates therein a cut-out adjacent a top wall thereof which serves as a finger grip for opening the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: D. Matt Hanna, Robert A. Ford
  • Patent number: D610637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventor: Robert A. Ford
  • Patent number: D352928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: Robert A. Ford