Holder for culture plates with de-nesting feature

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9447371
APP PUB NO 20100035338A1
SERIAL NO

12221755

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A holding structure for holding a plurality of culture plates in a stacked arrangement includes a feature for de-nesting the bottom culture plate from the plate above it. The de-nesting feature is preferably a structure which urges a plate to move laterally relative to the plate above it. The de-nesting of the bottom culture plate from the adjacent culture plate facilitates withdrawal of the bottom culture plate from the base via a robotic plate transfer mechanism. The de-nesting feature can be entirely passive, such as ramps formed in the base of the holding structure.

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BIOMERIEUX INC100 RODOLPHE STREET PATENT DEPARTMENT DURHAM NC 27712

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bellet, Stéphane Saint Denis en Bugey, FR 2 1
Colin, Bruno Marcy L'Etoile, FR 87 1430
Iakimova, Yaneli Balan, FR 1 3
Ketsenburg, Kevin G O'Fallon, US 3 15
Robbins, David M Lake Saint Louis, US 9 87

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