Patents by Inventor Robert R. Reich, Jr.

Robert R. Reich, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for testing sterilization methods and materials
    Patent number: 7090808
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for testing one or more sterilization indicators (e.g., biological indicators or chemical indicators) or other articles by contacting them under controlled sterilization conditions with a flowing antimicrobial gas containing hydrogen peroxide vapor are disclosed. This invention also provides apparatus and method for testing sterilization processes that use a flowing antimicrobial gas containing hydrogen peroxide vapor under controlled sterilization conditions, or for testing materials for such processes under controlled sterilization conditions, or for testing both such processes and such materials under controlled sterilization conditions. There can be an essentially square-wave contact of the sterilization indicators or other articles with the antimicrobial gas (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Pharmaceutical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross A. Caputo, Robert R. Reich, Jr., Robert J. Thrash, Jimmy Fisher, Davoud Khorzad, Thomas F. Cullen