Patents by Inventor Pawel Urban

Pawel Urban 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).

  • High-density sample support plate for automated sample aliquoting
    Patent number: 9211542
    Abstract: A sample support plate (100) for a variety of possible applications, including MALDI mass spectrometry, is disclosed. A plurality of spatially separated sample recipient sites (101) are arranged on the surface of a substrate. The recipient sites are mutually separated by areas having a different wettability than the recipient sites. They are arranged in a plurality of rows consisting of a plurality of recipient sites whose centers are regularly spaced along a first direction with a predetermined periodicity (D1), the rows being regularly spaced along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with a predetermined centerline distance (D2). Each recipient site has a maximum lateral dimension that is preferably smaller than the diameter of a beam spot (104) of a desorption laser beam (103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: EIDGENOSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH, EMPA EIDG. MATERIALPRUFUNGS—UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
    Inventors: Pawel Urban, Renato Zenobi, Konstantins Jefimovs, Andrea Amantonico, Stephan Fagerer, Nils Goedecke
  • HIGH-DENSITY SAMPLE SUPPORT PLATE FOR AUTOMATED SAMPLE ALIQUOTING
    Publication number: 20130146758
    Abstract: A sample support plate (100) for a variety of possible applications, including MALDI mass spectrometry, is disclosed. A plurality of spatially separated sample recipient sites (101) are arranged on the surface of a substrate. The recipient sites are mutually separated by areas having a different wettability than the recipient sites. They are arranged in a plurality of rows consisting of a plurality of recipient sites whose centers are regularly spaced along a first direction with a predetermined periodicity (D1), the rows being regularly spaced along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with a predetermined centerline distance (D2). Each recipient site has a maximum lateral dimension that is preferably smaller than the diameter of a beam spot (104) of a desorption laser beam (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: EMPA EIDG. MATERIALPRUFUNGS-UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, EIDGENOSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH
    Inventors: Pawel Urban, Renato Zenobi, Konstantins Jefimovs, Andrea Amantonico, Stephan Fagerer, Nils Goedecke