Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7189526 | Apparatus for culture, process for preparing apparatus for culture, and culturing method An apparatus for culture is provided, which apparatus enables to increase the ratio of a culture medium solution to the number of cells while keeping the density of the cells at a high level and diminishing the absolute number of the cells. The apparatus comprises a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6969607 | Lockable Petri dish A lockable Petri dish is disclosed wherein the lid and base of the dish are provided with at least two pairs of locking members, each comprising a radial sheath and a sheath-engaging tab. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969606 | Lockable contact plate A lockable contact plate is disclosed wherein the lid and base of the dish are provided with at least two pairs of locking members, each comprising a radial sheath and a sheath-engaging tab. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6936463 | Method and device for making different thickness of biofilms A method and device for making different thickness of biofilms is disclosed. It comprises: (a) a pair of pentagonal dish including a dish bottom and a dish cover; (b) an internal thickness module having a number of protrusions of different heights or of the same hei... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6764850 | Sample contact plate with latchable cover Contact plates are provided including a base member and a lid. The base member has a sidewall extending circumferentially around a peripheral edge portion thereof to define a sample receiving area. The lid has a sidewall extending circumferentially around a peripher... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6753180 | Clonal replication system The present invention provides for a colony replicator transfer disk, a first side having a colony collecting substrate and a second side having a mechanism to attach the transfer disk to a stamping base. A substantially fluid impervious layer exists between the sid... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6649406 | Device for propagation and storage of microorganisms Devices for the propagation or storage of microorganisms are described. Generally, the devices include first and second layers that are separable from each other. The first layer includes a gelling agent and microbial growth medium and the second layer co... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6602704 | Sample contact plate with latchable cover Contact plates are provided including a base member and a lid. The base member has a sidewall extending circumferentially around a peripheral edge portion thereof to define a sample receiving area. The lid has a sidewall extending circumferentially around... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6113801 | Method of making colored replicas and compositions for use therewith Compositions and methods for producing colored replicas are described. A method includes: combining a polymerizable varnish and a dye to form a composition, wherein the dye is substantially dissolved in the composition; and replicating a surface topograph... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5854065 | Microorganism sampling device A sampling device useful for determining whether microorganisms are present on a given surface includes a lid member and a base member. The lid member includes a flange that provides visual and tactile indications to a technician of the position of their ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5763170 | Method for forming an array of biological particles A method for forming and using an array of, e.g., bacteria, yeast or bacteriophage for the purpose of identifying particular constituents thereof. The array is formed by directing a stream of droplets, each containing on average about 1 or a few biologica... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5695988 | Culture device for sampling and/or counting micro-organism A culture device is described comprising a solid body of culture medium and supporting means for maintaining the integrity of the body of culture medium, the culture medium providing a culture surface having an endless boundary or perimeter, a body of med... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5587322 | Replica plating device A device for replica plating of cellular colonies. The device has a solid body with a first region and a first end coupled to a peripheral ridge. A ridge is disposed at the transition from the first region to the peripheral ridge. A sheet of material capa... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5206171 | Programmable automated inoculator/replicator Laboratory apparatus for performing repetitive tacks includes a table and first and second bearing ways below the table. First and second carriages are mounted on corresponding bearing ways for independent motion therealong, the second carrriage moving in... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5137812 | Colony blotting method and device A method and article for the identification of colonies of microbes involves the use of a reconstitutable dry culture medium plate in combination with a transfer membrane. Microbe-specific antigen can be extracted from the surface of the growth medium of ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5063026 | Egg collecting apparatus A collecting apparatus for the collection of pinworm eggs incorporates a shaft surrounded by an adhesive strip. A tab is disposed at the free end of the adhesive strip. The shaft is attached to a gripping member by a connecting member. The gripping member... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4717667 | Colony replicating device A device for replicating moist bacterial or other cell colonies including a rigid layer, a resilient backing layer secured to one side of the rigid layer and a cell colony transfer surface made from an open-cell, flexible foam which includes a hydrophilic... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4699884 | Process and apparatus for the simultaneous application of a multiplicity of liquid samples to an object stage The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the simultaneous application of a multiplicity of liquid samples to an object stage (2), more especially of sera to an object stage overgrown with cell cultures. In this connection, according to the ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4659672 | Colony replicating device A device for replicating microbial or other cell colonies or aggregates comprises a layer of moisture absorbent material either in the form of a coherent film or comprising individual particles or a combination of film and particles, said layer being secu... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4659673 | Replicator for cultures of microorganisms An improved device for replicating cultures of microorganisms grown in petri plates which pierces colonies with an array of fine needles. The device is capable of at least ten replications, and will replicate virtually any colony.... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4634676 | Replica plating device A replica plating device for use with an open-ended container which holds a plurality of cells on a culture medium therein comprises a substantially planar pressing member. A side wall extends upwardly from the pressing member and surrounds same. A skirt ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4591567 | Recombinant DNA screening system including fixed array replicator and support A system for the production and maintenance of genomic libraries of recombinant DNA in a fixed geometric array arranged so that such libraries may be accurately replicated and maintained with the same set of individual DNA inserts occupying reproducible l... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4587213 | Methods and means of determining microorganism population The described method of determining viable microorganism population comprises spreading an experimentally pre-determined volume of an aqueous suspension of said microorganism, (such as bacteria, ricketsia, yeasts, fungi, molds, algae, viruses, protozes an... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4517292 | Method and apparatus for testing microbial interaction with growth affecting substances A method and apparatus for calculating the growth interacting substance potency and growth ratio for the intersections of a scanning spot with a track of visible microbial colonies on an interaction plate. The potency is a measure of the weight of a growt... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4514495 | Method for testing microbial interaction with growth affecting substances A method for testing microbial interaction with growth affecting substances. A pattern of a microbe containing solution is applied on an interaction plate in a programmed concentration. A solution of a growth interacting substance is applied on the intera... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4480031 | Replicator with slidable pins A replicator (10) having an impregnation head (32) utilizing a plurality of floating pins (42) is the subject of this patent application. The pins (42) extend slidably through a platen (34) of the head (32) so that, as lower ends of the pins (42) engage a... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4461836 | Apparatus for the setup and evaluation of diffusion tests in a gel medium An apparatus for applying substance-coated carriers onto a gel layer for microbiological tests makes it possible to position the carriers, in a single hand operation, in a precise spatial relationship with evaluation scales or rings on the gel dish. The s... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4397955 | Transfer apparatus for microorganisms This invention relates to a transfer mechanism for microorganisms and more specifically, to a device for duplicating a growth pattern of microorganisms. The apparatus comprises a body and a transfer material on one surface of the body. The transfer materi... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4287301 | Method and apparatus for streaking agar A method and apparatus for streaking a sample on agar plates where the sample is dispensed from a flexible tube which is oscillated while the plate is rotated. The plates are stored in a refrigerated compartment and selectively presented to a transfer pos... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4252897 | Method and apparatus for bacteria testing There is provided a method and apparatus for bacterial testing, in which a multiple-pin inoculation head picks up bacterial samples in a compartmentalized sample tray and transfers these to a compartmentalized culture plate for incubation. The culture pla... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4250256 | Microbiological test device Microbiological test device having a nutrient card or cards and a covering layer thereover which is permeable to nutrients but impermeable to bacteria. The covering layer is made from an aqueous dispersion of a water insoluble resin and a pore former.... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4247646 | Laboratory apparatus for cloning mammalian cells Laboratory apparatus for cloning mammalian cells includes a support plate and a plurality of tubular cylinders fixedly secured within the plate and projecting from one face thereof. All of the cylinders, with the exception of one pair, are disposed within... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4237223 | Sheet for picking off microorganisms A method of determining the presence of microorganisms on a surface comprises contacting the surface to be tested for the presence of microorganisms with an adhesive side of a sheet consisting essentially of a porous, flexible support material having an a... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4235971 | Inoculator An inoculator wherein a multiplicity of small volumes of an inoculum are picked up on pins depending from an inoculator head and deposited in separate areas according to a pattern, such as in the wells of a microtitration tray. The instrument includes a c... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4071320 | Device for the quantitative determination of impurities, especially bacteria, on flat surfaces A device for quantitative determination of impurities, especially bacteria, on a flat surface including a body member provided with a centrally located cylindrical rinsing chamber and an annular suction chamber surrounding the rinsing chamber, whereby the... | 01/31/1978 |
