Patents by Inventor David G. Patrick

David G. Patrick 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).

  • TOF with clock phase to time bin distribution
    Patent number: 7463983
    Abstract: A TOF mass spectrometer has a clock phase to time bin cycling device that distributes data among storage cells in a random or systematic pattern that cancels out errors due to binary clock path and/or binary signal line irregularities. Data for peaks acquired from plural shots during TOF analysis are distributed among plural binary clock paths and the storage cells such that errors from irregularities in the binary clock paths and/or binary signal lines are not predominant in any peak of a spectrum generated from the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLC
    Inventor: David G. Patrick