Patents by Inventor STEVE MARLOW

STEVE MARLOW 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).

  • Automated pelletized sample vision inspection apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 9135515
    Abstract: A method for visually inspecting pelletized samples. The method generates an inspection image of the bottom of a sample tube holder. The sample tube holder has a number of sample tube locations, and each sample tube location is configured to receive a sample tube in it. The inspection image is evaluated to determine whether a tube image exists for each sample tube location, and each sample tube image is evaluated to determine whether a pellet is located in each sample tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bean, Steve Marlow, Bradley Scott Thomas
  • AUTOMATED PELLETIZED SAMPLE VISION INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140112558
    Abstract: A method for visually inspecting pelletized samples. The method generates an inspection image of the bottom of a sample tube holder. The sample tube holder has a number of sample tube locations, and each sample tube location is configured to receive a sample tube in it. The inspection image is evaluated to determine whether a tube image exists for each sample tube location, and each sample tube image is evaluated to determine whether a pellet is located in each sample tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: QIAGEN GAITHERSBURG, INC.
    Inventors: BRIAN BEAN, STEVE MARLOW, BRADLEY SCOTT THOMAS