IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0497093
(2006-08-01)
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등록번호 |
US-8329470
(2012-12-11)
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발명자
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- Unger, Axel
- Töpfer, Elgin Meike
- Busch, Nicole
- Hynek, Tom
- Aidehag, Fredrik Johan
- Pelman, Todd
- Naley, Martin
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Life Technologies Corporation
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대리인 / 주소 |
Life Technologies Corporation
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초록
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The invention relates to systems and methods for marketing and using products such as liquid materials, especially liquid reagents for use in microbiological and cellular biological laboratory settings include the use of unique color and simple numeric or alphanumeric identifiers to quickly and easi
The invention relates to systems and methods for marketing and using products such as liquid materials, especially liquid reagents for use in microbiological and cellular biological laboratory settings include the use of unique color and simple numeric or alphanumeric identifiers to quickly and easily identify any product from a catalog list of products. Methods of marketing, advertising and producing such products are also disclosed. Particular embodiments include products, product packaging and product labeling. The invention also relates to collars and sleeves for containers, as well as related methods of use.
대표청구항
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1. A method of storing a liquid mammalian cell culture medium, the method comprising storing the medium in a container, comprising: (i) a front panel and back panel, each of which is rectangular in shape and having a height to width ratio of between 1.0 to 1.0 and 3.5 to 1.0;(ii) two side panels eac
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A method of storing a liquid mammalian cell culture medium, the method comprising storing the medium in a container, comprising: (i) a front panel and back panel, each of which is rectangular in shape and having a height to width ratio of between 1.0 to 1.0 and 3.5 to 1.0;(ii) two side panels each having five edges, wherein two of the edges are vertical edges which are parallel to each other, wherein one of the edges is a horizontal edge, the horizontal edge being located at the bottom of the panel, and two of the edges are angled, upper edges which each extend upward, each from different vertical edges, and meet to form an upside down V;(iii) a base panel which is rectangular in shape; and(iv) a first and a second rectangular upper panels intercepting to form a first angle therebetween with respect to the base panel;wherein the above panels are referred to with reference to the container resting on the base panel,wherein at least one of the rectangular upper panels of (iv) comprises an access opening oriented at an ergonomically advantageous angle, wherein when a pipette is inserted perpendicular to the plane of said opening, the pipette can point directly at a corner formed by the interception of the back panel and the of the base panel, andwherein the container can rest stably, either in the vertical position on the base panel, or in the horizontal position on the back panel, without having the medium in contact with a cover on the access opening. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a label which identifies the contents of the container. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the access opening is designed to accept a cover. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the access opening comprises a raised portion which is threaded. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the cover can be removed by a rotational movement selected from the group consisting of less than 360°, less than 180° and approximately 90°. 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the cover provides a sterile seal. 7. The method of claim 3, wherein the cover comprises a label. 8. The method of claim 3, wherein the container comprises a label attached to one or more sides of the container, wherein a color is displayed on the label and the same color is displayed on the cover. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a top providing an angled opening, wherein the angled opening is facing upward at an angle when the container is standing on the base panel or lying on the back panel. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the access opening is covered by a cap, and wherein the top of the cap is facing upward at an angle when the container is standing on the base panel, lying on the back panel, or lying on the back panel with another container of the same shape stacked on top of the container. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the container is a flat, stackable bottle comprising a label attached to a panel of (i) and/or (ii), wherein the label comprises an area for user labeling or annotation, wherein the area for user labeling or annotation is from about 40% to about 80% of the total area of the label. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the panels of (i) or (ii) includes graduated volume markings. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the container comprises an inner volume selected from the group consisting of from about 125 milliliters to about 500 milliliters; from about 250 milliliters to about 1000 milliliters; from about 250 milliliters to about 500 milliliters; and from about 600 milliliters to about 1250 milliliters. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the cell culture medium is selected from the group consisting of base medium eagle (BME), BGJb medium, Basal Media Eagle (BME), Brinster's BMOC-3 Medium, CMRL Medium, CO2-Independent Medium, Cryopreservation Medium, Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (D-MEM), F-10 Nutrient Mixtures, F-12 Nutrient Mixtures, Glasgow Minimum Essential Medium, Grace's Insect Cell Culture Medium, Improved MEM Zn++Option (Richter's Modification), IPL-41 Insect Medium, Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium, Leibovitz's L-15 Medium, McCoy's 5A Medium (modified), MCDB 131 Medium, Medium 199, Medium NCTC-109, Minimum Essential Medium (MEM), Modified Eagle Medium (MEM), Opti-MEM I Reduced Serum Medium, RPMI Medium 1640, Schneider's Drosophila Medium, Waymouth's MB 752/1 Medium, and Williams Medium E. 15. A method of storing animal serum, the method comprising storing the medium in a container, comprising: (i) a front panel and back panel, each of which is rectangular in shape and having a height to width ratio of between 1.0 to 1.0 and 3.5 to 1.0;(ii) two side panels each having five edges, wherein two of the edges are vertical edges which are parallel to each other, wherein one of the edges is a horizontal edge, the horizontal edge being located at the bottom of the panel, and two of the edges are angled, upper edges which each extend upward, each from different vertical edges, and meet to form an upside down V;(iii) a base panel which is rectangular in shape; and(iv) a first and a second rectangular upper panels intercepting to form a first angle therebetween with respect to the base panel;wherein the above panels are referred to with reference to the container resting on the base panel,wherein at least one of the rectangular upper panels of (iv) comprises an access opening oriented at an ergonomically advantageous angle, wherein when a pipette is inserted perpendicular to the plane of said opening, the pipette can point directly at a corner formed by the interception of the back panel and the of the base panel, andwherein the container can rest stably, either in the vertical position on the base panel, or in the horizontal position on the back panel, without having the medium in contact with a cover on the access opening. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the serum is selected from the group consisting of adult bovine serum, fetal bovine serum, horse serum, newborn bovine calf serum, chicken serum, goat serum, lamb serum, porcine serum, and rabbit serum. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the container comprises an inner volume selected from the group consisting of from about 125 milliliters to about 500 milliliters; from about 250 milliliters to about 1000 milliliters; and from about 250 milliliters to about 500 milliliters. 18. A method of storing a liquid mammalian cell culture medium or serum, the method comprising storing the medium or the serum in a container consisting essentially of: (i) a front panel and back panel, each of which is rectangular in shape and having a height to width ratio of between 1.0 to 1.0 and 3.5 to 1.0;(ii) two side panels each having five edges, wherein two of the edges are vertical edges which are parallel to each other, wherein one of the edges is a horizontal edge, the horizontal edge being located at the bottom of the panel, and two of the edges are angled, upper edges which each extend upward, each from different vertical edges, and meet to form an upside down V;(iii) a base panel which is rectangular in shape; and(iv) a first and a second rectangular upper panels intercepting to form a first angle therebetween with respect to the base panel;wherein the above panels are referred to with reference to the container resting on the base panel,wherein at least one of the rectangular upper panels of (iv) comprises an access opening oriented at an ergonomically advantageous angle, wherein when a pipette is inserted perpendicular to the plane of said opening, the pipette can point directly at a corner formed by the interception of the back panel and the of the base panel, andwherein the container can rest stably, or the serum, either in the vertical position on the base panel, or in the horizontal position on the back panel, without having the medium or the serum in contact with a cover on the access opening. 19. The method of either claim 1 or claim 15, wherein the container has rounded corners to aid easy emptying of the bottle with a pipette. 20. A method of storing a liquid mammalian culture medium or serum in a container and identifying a container for its contents from a plurality of containers in a storage space, the method comprising (a) stacking the container comprising the liquid mammalian culture medium or serum either in a vertical position, or in a horizontal position in the storage space, (b) viewing a color coded cover of the container, and (c) identifying the contents based on the color code of the cover, each container comprising: (i) a front panel and back panel, each of which is rectangular in shape and having a height to width ratio of between 1.0 to 1.0 and 3.5 to 1.0;(ii) two side panels each having five edges, wherein two of the edges are vertical edges which are parallel to each other, wherein one of the edges is a horizontal edge, the horizontal edge being located at the bottom of the panel, and two of the edges are angled, upper edges which each extend upward, each from different vertical edges, and meet to form an upside down V;(iii) a base panel which is rectangular in shape; and(iv) a first and a second rectangular upper panels intercepting to form a first angle therebetween with respect to the base panel;(v) an access opening at an ergonomically advantageous angle on at least one of the rectangular upper panels of (iv), wherein when a pipette is inserted perpendicular to the plane of said opening, the pipette can point directly at a corner formed by the interception of the back panel and the of the base panel, wherein the container can rest stably, either in the vertical position on the base panel, or in the horizontal position on the back panel, without having the medium in contact with a cover on the access opening and,wherein the above panels are referred to with reference to the container resting on the base panel, andwherein the access opening is covered by the color coded cover.
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