IP Library Granted Patent US 1,106,481
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US 1,106,481 · App. 29/847,471 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Sample sorting device

Inventors: Kentaro Shibukawa (Kanagawa, JP); Naohide Miyamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Hazime Matsuda (Kanagawa, JP); Koichiro Sato (Kanagawa, JP); Ayako Iwase (Kanagawa, JP); Yudai Yanashita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 1,106,481
App. No.
29/847,471
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a sample sorting device as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2022
From: SHIBUKAWA, KENTARO; MIYAMOTO, NAOHIDE; MATSUDA, HAZIME; SATO, KOICHIRO; IWASE, AYAKO; YANASHITA, YUDAI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060969/0082 →
Priority Claims (7)
JP 2022-001256 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-001257 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-001258 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-001259 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-001260 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-001261 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
JP 2022-001262 D · Jan 24, 2022 · national
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