CASSETTE FOR HANDLING AND HOLDING TISSUE SAMPLES DURING PROCESSING, EMBEDDING AND MICROTOME PROCEDURES, AND METHODS THEREFOR - Patent 1682272

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EP 1 682 272 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.01.2006

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/30

(21)	Application number: 04794852.6

(22)	Date of filing: 12.10.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B01L 3/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/033604

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/037182 (28.04.2005 Gazette 2005/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

17.10.2003 US 512147 P

(71)	Applicant: BioPath Automation, L.L.C.
	Loveland, Ohio 45140 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WILLIAMSON, Warren, P., IV Loveland, OH 45140 (US) WARD, Thomas, J. Columbus, OH 43212 (US) WHITLATCH, Stephen, P. Cincinnati, OH 45241 (US)

(74)	Representative: Findlay, Alice Rosemary
	Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)

(54)	CASSETTE FOR HANDLING AND HOLDING TISSUE SAMPLES DURING PROCESSING, EMBEDDING AND MICROTOME PROCEDURES, AND METHODS THEREFOR