Patents by Inventor Jacob Unnerstall

Jacob Unnerstall 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: 11761860
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to maintain a liquid sample segment of a sample transmitted through a transfer line from a remote sampling to an analysis system. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample transfer line configured to transport a liquid sample from a remote sampling system via gas pressure; a sample loop fluidically coupled with the sample transfer line, the sample loop configured to hold a sample fluid; and a backpressure chamber fluidically coupled with a gas pressure source and with the sample transfer line, the backpressure chamber configured to supply a backpressure against the liquid sample during transport through the sample transfer line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Elemental Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Wiederin, Kyle W. Uhlmeyer, Austin Schultz, Jacob Unnerstall, Kevin Wiederin
  • Publication number: 20230087861
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to maintain a liquid sample segment of a sample transmitted through a transfer line from a remote sampling to an analysis system. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample transfer line configured to transport a liquid sample from a remote sampling system via gas pressure; a sample loop fluidically coupled with the sample transfer line, the sample loop configured to hold a sample fluid; and a backpressure chamber fluidically coupled with a gas pressure source and with the sample transfer line, the backpressure chamber configured to supply a backpressure against the liquid sample during transport through the sample transfer line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel R. Wiederin, Kyle W. Uhlmeyer, Austin Schultz, Jacob Unnerstall, Kevin Wiederin
  • Patent number: 11499895
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to maintain a liquid sample segment of a sample transmitted through a transfer line from a remote sampling to an analysis system. A system, embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample transfer line configured to transport a liquid sample from a remote sampling system via gas pressure; a sample loop fluidically coupled with the sample transfer line, the sample loop configured to hold a sample fluid; and a backpressure chamber fluidically coupled with a gas pressure source and with the sample transfer line, the backpressure chamber configured to supply a backpressure against the liquid sample during transport through the sample transfer line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Elemental Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Wiederin, Kyle W. Uhlmeyer, Austin Schultz, Jacob Unnerstall, Kevin Wiederin
  • Patent number: 11264222
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for heating sample transfer lines between a source of a sample and a detection system to detect analytes of interest in the sample, where the sample is maintained in a heated state to maintain dissolved analytes of interest in solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Elemental Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. Uhlmeyer, Tyler Yost, Jacob Unnerstall, Aaron Williams
  • Patent number: 11249057
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to provide speciation of silicon species present in a remote sample for analysis. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, receiving a fluid sample containing inorganic silicon in the presence of bound silicon from a remote sampling system via a fluid transfer line; transferring the fluid sample to an inline chromatographic separation system; separating the inorganic silicon from the bound silicon via the inline chromatographic separation system; transferring the separated inorganic silicon and bound silicon to a silicon detector in fluid communication with the inline chromatographic separation system; and determining an amount of one or more of the inorganic silicon or the bound silicon in the fluid sample via the silicon detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ELEMENTAL SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Unnerstall, Patrick Sullivan, Daniel R. Wiederin, Brad Prucha, Charles Derrick Quarles, Jr., Jae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20210262991
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to provide speciation of silicon species present in a remote sample for analysis. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, receiving a fluid sample containing inorganic silicon in the presence of bound silicon from a remote sampling system via a fluid transfer line; transferring the fluid sample to an inline chromatographic separation system; separating the inorganic silicon from the bound silicon via the inline chromatographic separation system; transferring the separated inorganic silicon and bound silicon to a silicon detector in fluid communication with the inline chromatographic separation system; and determining an amount of one or more of the inorganic silicon or the bound silicon in the fluid sample via the silicon detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob Unnerstall, Patrick Sullivan, Daniel R. Wiederin, Brad Prucha, Charles Derrick Quaries, JR., Jae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20210131918
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to maintain a liquid sample segment of a sample transmitted through a transfer line from a remote sampling to an analysis system. A system, embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample transfer line configured to transport a liquid sample from a remote sampling system via gas pressure; a sample loop fluidically coupled with the sample transfer line, the sample loop configured to hold a sample fluid; and a backpressure chamber fluidically coupled with a gas pressure source and with the sample transfer line, the backpressure chamber configured to supply a backpressure against the liquid sample during transport through the sample transfer line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel R. Wiederin, Kyle W. Uhlmeyer, Austin Schultz, Jacob Unnerstall, Kevin Wiederin
  • Publication number: 20210050203
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for heating sample transfer lines between a source of a sample and a detection system to detect analytes of interest in the sample, where the sample is maintained in a heated state to maintain dissolved analytes of interest in solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle W. Uhlmeyer, Tyler Yost, Jacob Unnerstall, Aaron Williams
  • Patent number: 10921295
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to provide speciation of silicon species present in a remote sample for analysis. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, receiving a fluid sample containing inorganic silicon in the presence of bound silicon from a remote sampling system via a fluid transfer line; transferring the fluid sample to an inline chromatographic separation system; separating the inorganic silicon from the bound silicon via the inline chromatographic separation system; transferring the separated inorganic silicon and bound silicon to a silicon detector in fluid communication with the inline chromatographic separation system; and determining an amount of one or more of the inorganic silicon or the bound silicon in the fluid sample via the silicon detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ELEMENTAL SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Unnerstall, Patrick Sullivan, Daniel R. Wiederin, Brad Prucha, C. Derrick Quarles, Jr., Jae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20190079061
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to provide speciation of silicon species present in a remote sample for analysis. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, receiving a fluid sample containing inorganic silicon in the presence of bound silicon from a remote sampling system via a fluid transfer line; transferring the fluid sample to an inline chromatographic separation system; separating the inorganic silicon from the bound silicon via the inline chromatographic separation system; transferring the separated inorganic silicon and bound silicon to a silicon detector in fluid communication with the inline chromatographic separation system; and determining an amount of one or more of the inorganic silicon or the bound silicon in the fluid sample via the silicon detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jacob Unnerstall, Patrick Sullivan, Daniel R. Wiederin, Brad Prucha, C. Derrick Quarles, JR., Jae Seok Lee