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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Kenneth P. O'connell, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Vitale, Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth P. O'Connell, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Vitale, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rainin Instrument, LLC, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A handheld multichannel pipette includes multiple fluid-handling nozzles and a rotary adjustment mechanism for adjusting the width of a pattern of nozzles while maintaining equal spacing between pairs of nozzles. Embodiments of the adjustable-spacing multichannel pipette include an adjustable stop mechanism.