Patents by Inventor William Dunfee

William Dunfee 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).

  • Method and apparatus for mixing liquid samples in a container using a two dimensional stirring pattern
    Publication number: 20060152999
    Abstract: A method for rapidly and uniformly mixing solutions within a biochemical analyzer by rapidly and repeatedly moving a sampling probe in a two-dimensional boomerang-curved pattern within the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: William Dunfee, Robert Hazlewood
  • Liquid sampling probe and cleaning fluidics system
    Publication number: 20050074363
    Abstract: A sampling aliquotter for aspirating aliquot portions of sample fluid from a closed container and for dispensing aliquot portions into a vessel using horizontal and vertical drives to drive a probe into the closed container, to position the probe above the vessel, and to lower the probe into a cleansing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventor: William Dunfee