Patents by Inventor Thomas Buttinger

Thomas Buttinger 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).

  • Microfluidic flow control and device
    Patent number: 10888861
    Abstract: A microfluidic flow controller comprising a substrate having formations defining two or more fluid channels having channel fluid ports which are open at an outer surface of the substrate; and a flexible layer having formations defining a fluid channel which, when the flexible layer is positioned over the substrate so as to cover at least the channel fluid ports, provides a fluid communication path between the channel fluid ports but which, when a force is applied to press the flexible layer towards the substrate, deforms so as to inhibit fluid communication between the channel fluid ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: STRATEC Consumables Gmb
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reiter, Alfred Paris, Daniel Horner, Thomas Umundum, Thomas Buttinger
  • Tubing support plate and microfluidic disc
    Patent number: D945008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: OYAK GLOBAL INVESTMENTS S.A.
    Inventors: Kyle Christopher Smith, Andrew John Stein, Jayanthi Prasad, Thomas Buttinger, Andrew Glenn Ziegler