Patents by Inventor Alan A. McKinnon

Alan A. McKinnon 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).

  • Mass spectrometer, control system and methods of operating and assembling a mass spectrometer
    Patent number: 9384955
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer and methods for controlling a mass spectrometer are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the mass spectrometer includes a plurality of discrete functional modules, each operable to perform a predetermined function of the mass spectrometer, wherein the modules are individually addressable and connected in a network. The mass spectrometer can also include a scheduler operable to introduce discrete packets of instructions to the network at predetermined times to instruct at least one module to perform a predetermined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Phillip Edward Young, Paul Doorbar, Peter G. Spreadbury, Richard Newton, Alan McKinnon, Richard B. Moulds, Richard Chapman, Anthony J. Gilbert
  • THERMAL CONTAINER, THERMAL LINER FOR SAME AND DIES FOR MAKING THE THERMAL LINER
    Publication number: 20150158656
    Abstract: A thermal liner for a container comprises a bottom panel hingedly connected to a pair of opposed medial end panels and a pair of opposed side panels; four outer end panels each being hingedly connected along a first edge to a corresponding side panel and along a second edge to a corresponding medial end panel and being foldable along a diagonal thereof; a pair of opposed side flaps each being hingedly connected along an edge to a corresponding side panel; and end flaps hingedly connected along a first edge to one of a corresponding outer end panel or a corresponding side flap and having a free edge adjacent to the other one of the corresponding end panel or the corresponding side flap. There is also provided a thermal container comprising such a liner and a pair of dies for forming the thermal liner are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: FRESH BAILIWICK INC.
    Inventor: Alan McKinnon
  • MASS SPECTROMETER, CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING AND ASSEMBLING A MASS SPECTROMETER
    Publication number: 20150076338
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer and methods for controlling a mass spectrometer are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the mass spectrometer includes a plurality of discrete functional modules, each operable to perform a predetermined function of the mass spectrometer, wherein the modules are individually addressable and connected in a network. The mass spectrometer can also include a scheduler operable to introduce discrete packets of instructions to the network at predetermined times to instruct at least one module to perform a predetermined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Phillip Edward Young, Paul Doorbar, Peter G. Spreadbury, Richard Newton, Alan McKinnon, Richard B. Moulds, Richard Chapman, Anthony J. Gilbert
  • Particulate absorbant material surface treated with polyether to improve dispersibility in blood
    Patent number: 4190563
    Abstract: Water-swellable particulate absorbents surface-treated with one or more polyethers containing oxyethylene and/or oxypropylene units have improved dispersibility in blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Bosley, Vicki Maddison, Alan A. McKinnon