Patents by Inventor SANDRA WHALEY

SANDRA WHALEY 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).

  • Microfabricated Fluidic Structures
    Publication number: 20050069949
    Abstract: A plate for use in mixing and testing materials in the pharmaceutical industry is formed by a method in which an array of sample cells contain a U-shaped structure having two vertical apertures connected by a horizontal passage in a bottom sheet; reagents are drawn in to the vertical passages by capillary action or other forces and react in the horizontal passage. An optional version of the invention includes a relatively large reservoir for containing rinsing fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JAMES HUMENIK, GOVINDARAJAN NATARAJAN, SANDRA WHALEY, ALBERT YOUNG
  • Microfluidics Packaging
    Publication number: 20050069462
    Abstract: A plate for use in mixing and testing materials in the pharmaceutical industry is formed by a method in which an array of sample cells contain a U-shaped structure having two vertical apertures connected by a horizontal passage in a bottom sheet; reagents are drawn in to the vertical passages by capillary action and react in the horizontal passage. An optional version of the invention includes a relatively large reservoir for containing rinsing fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JAMES HUMENIK, GOVINDARAJAN NATARAJAN, SANDRA WHALEY, ALBERT YOUNG