Patents by Inventor Paul Gottlieb
Paul Gottlieb has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9476810Abstract: Mineral samples for use in analytical instruments are created by a system that greatly reduces the sample preparation time and facilitates automation. For example, in some implementations, rather than grinding to expose the interior of mineral particles in sample plug containing mineral particles in an epoxy compound, the sample plug is sliced with a saw, which more rapidly provides in many applications a sufficiently smooth surface on the exposed particle surfaces for observation. Rather than slowly mixing a slow curing epoxy to avoid introducing bubbles into the sample plug, some implementations use a fast settle fixative and a mechanical mixture that avoid bubbles.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: FEI COMPANYInventor: Paul Gottlieb
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Patent number: 8880356Abstract: A method and system for spectrum data analysis. The method comprises the steps of collecting a spectrum of an unknown material; providing a set of data templates; calculating weighting factors for the element data templates to minimize error in approximating the spectrum; removing one or more of the templates having negative weights in approximating the spectrum; and re-calculating an approximation of the spectrum with said one or more templates removed. Embodiments of the invention are suitable for analyzing noisy spectra having relatively few data points.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Fei CompanyInventors: Daniel Roy Corbett, Paul Gottlieb, Andrew Harley Menzies, Michael James Owen
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Publication number: 20140048972Abstract: Mineral samples for use in analytical instruments are created by a system that greatly reduces the sample preparation time and facilitates automation. For example, in some implementations, rather than grinding to expose the interior of mineral particles in sample plug containing mineral particles in an epoxy compound, the sample plug is sliced with a saw, which more rapidly provides in many applications a sufficiently smooth surface on the exposed particle surfaces for observation. Rather than slowly mixing a slow curing epoxy to avoid introducing bubbles into the sample plug, some implementations use a fast settle fixative and a mechanical mixture that avoid bubbles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: FEI COMPANYInventor: Paul Gottlieb
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Patent number: 8589086Abstract: A method of analyzing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Paul Gottlieb, Michael Barnes, Brian William Bourke
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Publication number: 20110301869Abstract: A method of analyzing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: FEI COMPANYInventors: Paul Gottlieb, Michael Barnes, Brian William Bourke
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Patent number: 7979217Abstract: A method of analyzing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Paul Gottlieb, Michael Barnes, Brian William Bourke
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Publication number: 20110144922Abstract: A method and system for spectrum data analysis. The method comprises the steps of collecting a spectrum of an unknown material; providing a set of data templates; calculating weighting factors for the element data templates to minimize error in approximating the spectrum; removing one or more of the templates having negative weights in approximating the spectrum; and re-calculating an approximation of the spectrum with said one or more templates removed. Embodiments of the invention are suitable for analyzing noisy spectra having relatively few data points.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: FEI COMPANYInventors: Daniel Roy Corbett, Paul Gottlieb, Michael James Owen, Andrew Harley Menzies
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Publication number: 20090306906Abstract: A method of analyzing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: FEI COMPANYInventors: Paul Gottlieb, Michael Barnes, Brian William Bourke
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Patent number: 7490009Abstract: A method of analyzing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Paul Gottlieb, Michael Barnes, Brian William Bourke
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Publication number: 20060028643Abstract: A method of analysing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of the measurement spots based on their respective spectral categories and their spatial relationships, and assigning each grouping of measurement spots to a fundamental sample unit data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2004Publication date: February 9, 2006Applicant: Intellection Pty LtdInventors: Paul Gottlieb, Michael Barnes, Brian Bourke
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Patent number: 5985331Abstract: This invention relates to a method for inactivating parasites in blood cell-containing compositions by incubating a mixture of the blood cell-containing composition, a phthalocyanine dye and a quencher and optionally irradiating this mixture with red light. This invention further relates to a method of sterilizing blood cell-containing compositions which contain lipid enveloped viruses and blood borne parasites.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: New York Blood Center, Inc.Inventors: Paul Gottlieb, Ehud Ben-Hur, Sara Lustigman
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Patent number: 5912241Abstract: This invention relates to a method for inactivating parasites in blood cell-containing compositions by incubating a mixture of the blood cell-containing composition, a phthalocyanine dye and a quencher and optionally irradiating this mixture with red light. This invention further relates to a method of sterilizing blood cell-containing compositions which contain lipid enveloped viruses and blood borne parasites.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: New York Blood Center, Inc.Inventors: Paul Gottlieb, Ehud Ben-Hur, Sara Lustigman