Donald R Thomas

Address:

361 Cottage Farm Dr, Beaufort, SC 29902

Phone:

(843)5219097

VIN:

1HGCM664X7A081822

Make:

HONDA

Model:

ACCORD

Year:

2007

US Patent:

D684703, Jun 18, 2013

Filed:

Nov 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/407358

Inventors:

Manfred Watzele - Weilheim, DE
Alexander Seiler - Habach, DE
Donald Thomas - Vista CA, US
Wei Li - Hangzhou, CN
Tianxing Wang - Hangzhou, CN
Nan Li - San Diego CA, US
Xiaobo Wang - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

ACEA Biosciences, Inc. - San Diego CA
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. - Indiana IN

International Classification:

2401

US Classification:

D24224

US Patent:

20130143254, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

Dec 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/309209

Inventors:

Donald Thomas - San Diego CA, US
Wei Li - Hangzhou City, CN
Ning Ke - San Diego CA, US
Nan Li - San Diego CA, US
Adrian Papas - San Diego CA, US
Manfred Watzele - Weilheim, DE
Alexander Seiler - Habach, DE
Tianxing Wang - Hangzhou City, CN
Yama Abassi - San Diego CA, US
Xiaobo Wang - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. - Indianapolis IN
ACEA BIOSCIENCES, INC. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G01N 27/02
G01N 21/00
C12M 1/34
C12Q 1/02
C12M 1/12
C12M 1/00

US Classification:

435 29, 4352971, 4353052, 4352975, 4352885

Abstract:

An insert device and co-culture device assembly incorporating the insert device, which includes an insert chamber with two fluid impermeable side walls that extend from a microporous bottom to an open top to form an inner cavity. The first side wall is shaped to form a convex arc that follows between about half of a circumference of the well and less than an entire circumference of the well. The second side wall joins ends of the first side wall and protrudes inward towards a center of the convex arc. A flange extends outward from or beneath the top and is notched to form a gap adjacent to the second side wall, which forms an access port allowing access to the lower chamber with a micropipette tip when the insert device is inserted into a well of a single or multi-well plate.

US Patent:

54930820, Feb 20, 1996

Filed:

Aug 9, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/289021

Inventors:

Kenneth A. Bloch - San Diego CA
Donald J. Thomas - San Diego CA
Steven E. Smart - Ramona CA

Assignee:

Hughes Aircraft Company - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

H01H 1500
H01H 102

US Classification:

200 16A

Abstract:

There is provided an elastomeric switching device for use with electrical circuits, such as those on a printed circuit board. The elastomeric switching device comprises an elastomeric pad constructed from a plurality of parallel strips of conductive material between layers of non-conductive or insulating material together with a moveable conductive contact which is aligned with the elastomeric pad. The elastomeric pad is predisposed in contact with the circuits on the printed circuit board. The moveable conductive contact establishes electrical connections between the affected circuits via the conductive strips of the elastomeric pad. The proper alignment and orientation of the elastomeric pad and moveable conductive contact relative to the circuits is maintained by the structural and mechanical features of a housing.

US Patent:

20160310948, Oct 27, 2016

Filed:

Apr 25, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/137983

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Michael Wang - San Diego CA, US
Robert B. Cary - Santa Fe NM, US
Hong Cai - Los Alamos NM, US
Conrad Lindberg - Fallbrook CA, US
Martin Bouliane - Carlsbad CA, US
Donald J. Thomas - Vista CA, US

International Classification:

B01L 7/00
C12Q 1/68
B01L 3/00

Abstract:

A disposable cassette for detecting nucleic acids or performing other assays. The cassette can be inserted into a base station during use. The cassette has numerous features to ensure correct operation of the device under gravity, such as vent pockets for enabling the flow of sample fluid from one chamber to the next when the vent pocket is unsealed. The vent pockets have protrusions to help prevent accidental resealing. The cassette also can have a gasket to ensure free air movement between open vent pockets. A flexible circuit with patterned metallic electrical components disposed on a heat stable material can be in direct contact with fluid in the chambers and has resistive heating elements aligned with the vent pockets and the chambers. The detection chamber, which houses a lateral flow detection strip can have a space below the strip that has sufficient capacity to accommodate an entire volume of the sample fluid entering the detection chamber at a height that enables the fluid to flow up the detection strip by capillary action without flooding or otherwise bypassing regions of the detection strip. The space can also contain detection particles. Recesses in in the cassette channels or chambers can have structures such as ridges or grooves to direct fluid flow to enhance rehydration of lyophilized reagents disposed in the recess. Flow diverters in the chambers can reduce the flow velocity of the sample fluid and increase the effective fluid flow path length, enabling more accurate control of fluid flow in the cassette.