Patents by Inventor Henry Y. Shion

Henry Y. Shion 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).

  • Patent number: 11373849
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising: a first vacuum chamber having an inlet aperture; a second vacuum chamber; a differential pumping aperture separating the vacuum chambers; and an ion guide arranged in the first vacuum chamber for guiding ions from the inlet aperture to and through the differential pumping aperture. The ion guide has a construction for handling high gas loads such that the spectrometer is able to maintain the gas pressure in the first vacuum chamber such that when ions are accelerated therethrough the ions collide with gas and fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Henry Y. Shion, Robert Lewis, David Jonathan Pugh, Ying-Qing Yu
  • Publication number: 20210300965
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices, systems, kits and methods useful for quantitation of biomolecules such as intact proteins and nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jennifer M. Nguyen, Matthew A. Lauber, Yun Wang Alelyunas, Gregory T. Roman, Henry Y. Shion
  • Publication number: 20190371583
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising: a first vacuum chamber having an inlet aperture; a second vacuum chamber; a differential pumping aperture separating the vacuum chambers; and an ion guide arranged in the first vacuum chamber for guiding ions from the inlet aperture to and through the differential pumping aperture. The ion guide has a construction for handling high gas loads such that the spectrometer is able to maintain the gas pressure in the first vacuum chamber such that when ions are accelerated therethrough the ions collide with gas and fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Henry Y. Shion, Robert Lewis, David Jonathan Pugh, Ying-Qing Yu
  • Publication number: 20180088094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a method of multiple attribute monitoring for biological and other complex compounds using a chromatography-optical detector-mass spectrometry method. The mass spectrometry method can use a high resolution mass spectrometer. The methodology utilizes similar analytical techniques and instruments for both the characterization and the monitoring of biological and other complex compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Qing Yu, Henry Y. Shion, Scott J. Berger, Jing Fang, Liuxi Chen, Min Du
  • Patent number: 9653271
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in part, to MS apparatus, methods, and/or software, having improved selectivity, sensitivity, specificity, resolution, mass accuracy and dynamic range over conventional MS technologies. In particular, the technology relates to apparatus, methods, and/or software wherein a combination of in-source fragmentation, ion mobility separation, and/or time-aligned parallel (TAP) sample ion fragmentations are utilized in mass spectrometry for the analysis of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Y. Shion, Giorgis Mezengie Isaac, Alan Millar, Tim Riley
  • Publication number: 20150170893
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in part, to MS apparatus, methods, and/or software, having improved selectivity, sensitivity, specificity, resolution, mass accuracy and dynamic range over conventional MS technologies. In particular, the technology relates to apparatus, methods, and/or software wherein a combination of in-source fragmentation, ion mobility separation, and/or time-aligned parallel (TAP) sample ion fragmentations are utilized in mass spectrometry for the analysis of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry Y. Shion, Giorgis Mezengie Isaac, Alan Millar, Tim Riley