Patents by Inventor Vincent Shine

Vincent Shine 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 pretreating a sample containing an analyte
    Publication number: 20020085958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container having internal projections capable of exerting compressive, frictional, or other forces on a sample-collecting device and sample before detecting an analyte in the sample. The invention can be used whenever detecting an analyte in a sample is improved or made possible by first changing the physical or chemical properties of the sample or analyte in a pretreatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas A. Nemcek, John Brian Barclay, Jovo Dragicevic, Paul Leonard Eck, David Henry Gement, Seymour Greenfield, Michelle Petra Haddon, Michael James Nolan, Steven Louis Strang, Stephen Melamed, Vincent Shine, Peter Langmar, Laura A. Ferrario, Luc Heiligenstein
  • Toaster
    Patent number: D444341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: The Rival Company
    Inventors: Vincent Shine, Peter Langmar, Mark Slaven, Bart Massee