Plural Divisions Patents (Class D24/226)
  • Patent number: 6039804
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystallization unit including a solvent reservoir in gaseous communication with a plurality of chambers. Preferably, a plurality of crystallization units are arrayed in the form of a crystallization tray. A first preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a crystallization tray 10 including a rectangular array of crystallization units 26. Each crystallization unit includes a central reservoir 28 and four drop chambers 32 arranged in a cruciform configuration around central reservoir 28. Each drop chamber 32 is connected to central reservoir 28 by a diffusion channel 30. Each drop chamber 32 also includes a shoulder which is capable of supporting a cover slip from which a drop of solution, containing the substance to be crystallized, can be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Emerald BioStructures, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidong Kim, Lansing Joseph Stewart
  • Patent number: D502775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Christopher R. Kokaisel
  • Patent number: D439673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Sorenson Bioscience
    Inventors: John Brophy, Richard Braverman
  • Patent number: D441091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Biotechnologies Limited
    Inventor: Paul Day
  • Patent number: D442287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Hemocue AB
    Inventor: Norbert Pogorzelski
  • Patent number: D513075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Christopher R. Kokaisel
  • Patent number: D452740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Brennan, Allan Tit-Shing Chow, Lawrence Dennis Huppman
  • Patent number: D530021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Nuclea Biomarkers LLC
    Inventor: Patrick J. Muraca
  • Patent number: D463031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: ACLARA BioSciences, Inc.
    Inventors: David Slomski, Travis Boone, Sharat Singh
  • Patent number: D463570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William Bedingham, Joel R. Dufresne, Michael R. Harms, Christopher R. Kokaisel
  • Patent number: D464734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignees: Varian, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Berna, Roger Q. Roberts, Robert L. Grenz, Roger R. Rohrdanz
  • Patent number: D469544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: 3088081 Canada Inc.
    Inventors: André Lafond, Yanick Bertin
  • Patent number: D477416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Varian, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Q. Roberts, Robert L. Grenz
  • Patent number: D480815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Discovery Partners International
    Inventors: William R. Ewing, Robert K. Neeper, Rhett L. Affleck, Gordon W. Hudson, John F. Bridwell, John E. Lillig
  • Patent number: D481133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Instrumentation Laboratory Company
    Inventors: Matthew R. Blouin, Robert R. Fisette
  • Patent number: D562463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Berndt, Christof Fattinger, Remo Anton Hochstrasser, Tom Kissling
  • Patent number: D482454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Louis Gebrian
  • Patent number: D574506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Biotechnologies Limited
    Inventor: Tony Monks
  • Patent number: D492419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Francis Farina
  • Patent number: D492792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher R. Kokaisel, David J. Franta, Scott M. Lecy
  • Patent number: D601713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Löhn, Detlef Schwarzwald, Claudia Hofman
  • Patent number: D601714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Löhn, Detlef Schwarzwald, Claudia Hofman
  • Patent number: D613874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: 3088081 Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Andre Lafond
  • Patent number: D618819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: D349238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Habley Medical Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Terry M. Haber
  • Patent number: D356232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Flair Communications Agency, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Armstrong, Susan E. Johnson, Maryann Bott
  • Patent number: D356904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventor: Stephen H. Wolff
  • Patent number: D357178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Inventor: Howard G. Shaw
  • Patent number: D358218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Chefaro International B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus J. J. Groothuizen, Jozef H. M. Raijmakers
  • Patent number: D630338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: 3088081 Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Andre Lafond
  • Patent number: D367713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Pharmacia Biotech AB
    Inventor: Bengt La Motte
  • Patent number: D367932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Inventor: Pak L. Lim
  • Patent number: D368966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: United Home Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry O. Kurtenbach, H. Alexander Elliot
  • Patent number: D637733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SPI, Inc.
    Inventor: Hong Wei
  • Patent number: D373633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Pharmacia Biotech AB
    Inventor: Bengt La Motte
  • Patent number: D638953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Invitrogen Dynal AS
    Inventors: Gil Cavada, Morten Egeberg, Jamie Hogan, Espir Kahatt, Lars Nøkleby, Lars Norderhaug, Tommy Rivrud, Kornelija Zgonc
  • Patent number: D381085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Roussel UCLAF
    Inventor: Guy Fekete
  • Patent number: D420743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Biotechnologies Limited
    Inventor: Tony Monks
  • Patent number: D421129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: John T. Haynes
  • Patent number: D421498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Dwight Livingston
  • Patent number: D422713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Hago Limited
    Inventor: Simon Lee
  • Patent number: D423111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
    Inventors: Martha Davis, Lawrence E. Lambelet
  • Patent number: D430303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: American BioMedica Corporation
    Inventor: Stan Cipkowski
  • Patent number: D673293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: T2 Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasiliki Demas, Alison Skelley, Parris Wellman
  • Patent number: D674112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: T2 Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasiliki Demas, Trevor Beckett, Michael Withers, Robin Lee, Parris Wellman
  • Patent number: D684276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Hudson, Robert Lee Grenz, Paul Boguszewski
  • Patent number: D687565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Kawamura
  • Patent number: D687161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Abgene Limited
    Inventors: Simon May, Jeffrey Leonard Coulling, Clive Ian Harrison, Nicola Burbidge
  • Patent number: D691733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: T2 Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasiliki Demas, Trevor Beckett, Michael Withers, Robin Lee, Parris Wellman
  • Patent number: D707845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nuhigh Biotechnologies Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanli Bi, Dayong Wang