Patents by Inventor Steven N. Higginbotham

Steven N. Higginbotham 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).

  • Temperature control method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9501070
    Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of a liquid held within a reaction container in a chamber of a thermal cycling apparatus, the method including determining a sensed chamber temperature from a temperature sensor in the chamber, determining an air temperature using the sensed chamber temperature, determining a liquid temperature using the air temperature and selectively heating or cooling air in the chamber in accordance with the liquid temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: QIAGEN INSTRUMENTS AG
    Inventors: Steven N. Higginbotham, Warren Ludcke, Jason Austin
  • TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130168074
    Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of a liquid held within a reaction container in a chamber of a thermal cycling apparatus, the method including determining a sensed chamber temperature from a temperature sensor in the chamber, determining an air temperature using the sensed chamber temperature, determining a liquid temperature using the air temperature and selectively heating or cooling air in the chamber in accordance with the liquid temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CORBETT RESEARCH PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Steven N. Higginbotham, Warren Ludcke, Jason Austin