Patents by Inventor Robert P. Ritacco

Robert P. Ritacco 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).

  • Process flash chromatography column
    Publication number: 20030102266
    Abstract: A chromatography column assembly includes a single-ended cartridge containing a sorbent, a column housing for receiving the cartridge, and a compression head for closing the cartridge. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing having an open end and a closed end, an inlet tube extending from the open end to the closed end of the cartridge housing and having a fluid connection to the inlet tube, and a sorbent disposed within the interior volume of the cartridge housing. Filter elements may be disposed at opposite ends of the sorbent. The compression head may include a flow distribution device that provides a fluid connection between the upper end of the cartridge and an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Robert P. Ritacco
  • HPLC column and a column packing method
    Patent number: 4737292
    Abstract: This invention relates to a column for use in preparative HPLC so structured as to insure a reproducible packing bed uniformity regardless of the particle size of the medium used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Separations Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Ritacco, Thomas W. Hampton
  • HPLC column
    Patent number: 4582608
    Abstract: An HPLC column provided with structure at its inlet and outlet ends to insure optimal distribution of fluids through the media therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Separations Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert P. Ritacco