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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:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Applicants:
David D. Newbold, Bend, OR (US);
Douglas L. Millard, Bend, OR (US);
Erwin Y. Yu, Ballwin, MO (US);
Paul T. Jeffers, Frankfield, IE;
Jeffrey W. Weber, Portage, MI (US);
Inventors:
David D. Newbold, Bend, OR (US);
Douglas L. Millard, Bend, OR (US);
Erwin Y. Yu, Ballwin, MO (US);
Paul T. Jeffers, Frankfield, IE;
Jeffrey W. Weber, Portage, MI (US);
Assignee:
Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/12 (2006.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); G01N 1/20 (2006.01); G01N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 37/00 (2013.01); C12M 33/04 (2013.01); G01N 1/10 (2013.01); G01N 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 1/20 (2013.01); G01N 2001/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sample can be collected from an enclosed container by opening a sample collection valve and drawing the sample from the enclosed container. After delivery of the sample out of a fluid flow path, a sanitizing fluid can be directed along the fluid flow path to sanitize the fluid flow path.