Patents by Inventor Alex D. Smith

Alex D. Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20240132826
    Abstract: An apparatus for bioprocessing includes a housing, a drawer receivable within the housing, the drawer including a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom defining a processing chamber, and a generally open top, the drawer being movable between a closed position in which the drawer is received within the housing, and an open position in which the drawer extends from the housing enabling access to the processing chamber through the open top, and at least one bed plate positioned within the processing chamber and configured to receive a bioreactor vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
    Inventors: Weston Blaine Griffin, Alex D Corwin, Xiaohua Zhang, Reginald Donovan Smith, Zhen Liu, Chengkun Zhang, Vandana Keskar, Brian Michael Davis, Kashan Shaikh
  • Patent number: 11932842
    Abstract: An apparatus for bioprocessing includes a housing, a drawer receivable within the housing, the drawer including a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom defining a processing chamber, and a generally open top, the drawer being movable between a closed position in which the drawer is received within the housing, and an open position in which the drawer extends from the housing enabling access to the processing chamber through the open top, and at least one bed plate positioned within the processing chamber and configured to receive a bioreactor vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Weston Blaine Griffin, Alex D Corwin, Xiaohua Zhang, Reginald Donovan Smith, Zhen Liu, Chengkun Zhang, Vandana Keskar, Brian Michael Davis, Kashan Shaikh
  • Patent number: 11920119
    Abstract: A bioprocessing system includes a first module configured for enriching and isolating a population of cells, a second module configured for activating, genetically modifying, and expanding the population of cells, and a third module configured for harvesting the expanded population of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Weston Blaine Griffin, Alex D Corwin, Xiaohua Zhang, Reginald Donovan Smith, Zhen Liu, Chengkun Zhang, Vandana Keskar, Brian Michael Davis, Kashan Shaikh
  • Publication number: 20240027388
    Abstract: A pH sensor comprising pH sensing instrumentation, reference sensing instrumentation, an electrochemical junction, and a pH determination unit. The pH sensing instrumentation comprises a pH fluid, a pH fluid chamber, a pH sensing chamber, and a measuring electrode extending through the pH fluid chamber and comprising a tip that resides in the pH sensing chamber. The reference sensing instrumentation comprises a reference fluid, a reference chamber filled with the reference fluid, a reference electrode immersed in the reference fluid, and monitoring instrumentation. The monitoring instrumentation comprises a monitoring fluid, a monitoring fluid chamber, a monitoring sensing chamber filled with the monitoring fluid, and a monitoring electrode extending through the monitoring fluid chamber and comprising a tip that resides in the monitoring sensing chamber. The monitoring fluid chamber and the monitoring sensing chamber are immersed in the reference fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sensorex Corporation
    Inventors: Alex D. Smith, Albert Haizhen Zhou, Jose Tafolla, Michael Francis Ross, Hamed Shadpour
  • Patent number: 8345409
    Abstract: Provided is a high-voltage solid electrolytic capacitor having a rated voltage of several hundreds of volts. After an anodic oxide film layer is formed on a roughened surface of an aluminum foil by way of a first conversion treatment, a hydrated film is formed by way of boiling water immersion; the hydrated film is provided with a second conversion treatment at a formation voltage lower than that of the first conversion treatment such that an anodic foil is formed; and a conductive polymeric layer is formed on a surface of the anodic foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Dominey, Alex D. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110242734
    Abstract: Provided is a high-voltage solid electrolytic capacitor having a rated voltage of several hundreds of volts. After an anodic oxide film layer is formed on a roughened surface of an aluminum foil by way of a first conversion treatment, a hydrated film is formed by way of boiling water immersion; the hydrated film is provided with a second conversion treatment at a formation voltage lower than that of the first conversion treatment such that an anodic foil is formed; and a conductive polymeric layer is formed on a surface of the anodic foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Dominey, Alex D. Smith