Supports: racks – Special article – Receptacle support
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Johnson, Blair M. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Receptacle support
C211S060100, C422S091000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07000785
ABSTRACT:
A tube rack for holding and transporting sample tubes or other liquids in an automated analyzer is built to accommodate tubes of different sizes in a stable aligned configuration, the rack containing a row of parallel open-top tube chambers, each chamber containing two sets of resilient tabs integrally molded with the chamber walls and at different heights in the chamber.
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Blecka Lawrence J.
Jafari Nasser
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Heines M. Henry
Johnson Blair M.
Townsend and Townsend / and Crew LLP
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