Patents by Inventor Bryan David Miller

Bryan David Miller 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).

  • Time of flight mass spectrometry method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7977626
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing time of flight mass spectrometry wherein the number of sums of transients taken for generating a given spectra is determined as a function of a characteristic of the incoming data for that spectrum. For instance, the number of transient measurements taken for a given spectrum output can be determined as a function of the abundance of ions in the sample or the abundance of ions corresponding to a base peak or another selected peak. In yet another embodiment, the collection of transients is terminated when a threshold signal to noise ratio is attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: August Jon Hidalgo, Bryan David Miller, Gregor T. Overney
  • TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080296490
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing time of flight mass spectrometry wherein the number of sums of transients taken for generating a given spectra is determined as a function of a characteristic of the incoming data for that spectrum. For instance, the number of transient measurements taken for a given spectrum output can be determined as a function of the abundance of ions in the sample or the abundance of ions corresponding to a base peak or another selected peak. In yet another embodiment, the collection of transients is terminated when a threshold signal to noise ratio is attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: August Jon Hidalgo, Bryan David Miller, Gregor T. Overney