Patents by Inventor John Saffell

John Saffell 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: 20240318857
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor and a system comprising a plurality of said sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: John Saffell
  • Patent number: 11327040
    Abstract: Molybdenum oxide is doped with vanadium, nobidium, tantalum or titanium to form a stable M5O14 theta phase crystal structure as a vapor sensitive material for detecting vapors of volatile organic compounds. That material is used between electrodes connected to a measuring device to measure a change in an electrical quality in the presence of a vapor of a volatile organic compound. Concentration of the vapor is measured to low part per million ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Alphasense Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick T. Moseley, Peter Smith, John Saffell
  • Patent number: 10775338
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensing apparatus for sensing one or more analytes, such as NO2 and/or O3, in a sample gas and a method of using same. The apparatus uses Mn2O3 as a filter for ozone. The Mn2O3 may take the form of a powder which may be unmixed, mixed with various PTFE particles sizes, formed into a solid layer deposited onto a membrane and/or pretreated with NO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHASENSE LIMITED
    Inventors: John Saffell, Ronan Baron, Marlene Hossain
  • Patent number: 10502710
    Abstract: Particle measurement apparatus comprises an inlet for receiving a gas sample for analysis, a photoionisation chamber, at least one light source arranged to illuminate an interior of the photoionisation chamber, first and second electrodes coupled to a power source and configured to provide a DC potential difference across at least a portion of the photoionisation chamber, and an outlet, together defining a gas flow path from the inlet, through the photoionisation chamber, and towards the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: ALPHASENSE LIMITED, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
    Inventors: Simone Hochgreb, Robert Nishida, Adam Boies, John Saffell
  • Publication number: 20170350862
    Abstract: Particle measurement apparatus comprises an inlet for receiving a gas sample for analysis, a photoionisation chamber, at least one light source arranged to illuminate an interior of the photoionisation chamber, first and second electrodes coupled to a power source and configured to provide a DC potential difference across at least a portion of the photoionisation chamber, and an outlet, together defining a gas flow path from the inlet, through the photoionisation chamber, and towards the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Simone HOCHGREB, Robert NISHIDA, Adam BOIES, John SAFFELL
  • Publication number: 20170276634
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensing apparatus for sensing one or more analytes, such as NO2 and/or O3, in a sample gas and a method of using same. The apparatus uses Mn2O3 as a filter for ozone. The Mn2O3 may take the form of a powder which may be unmixed, mixed with various PTFE particles sizes, formed into a solid layer deposited onto a membrane and/or pretreated with NO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: John SAFFELL, Ronan BARON, Marlene HOSSAIN
  • Publication number: 20170016847
    Abstract: The invention relates to an amperometric electrochemical gas sensing apparatus for sensing NO2 and O3 in a sample gas and a method of using same. The apparatus comprises: a first working electrode which is a carbon electrode and at which both NO2 and O3 are reducible to thereby generate a current; a second working electrode which is a carbon electrode and at which NO2 is reducible to thereby generate a current; and an O3 filter material comprising 1-20% MnO2 by weight mixed with binder and adjacent the second working electrode, and said apparatus is configured such that, in operation, the first working electrode and the O3 filter are exposed to the sample gas in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: John SAFFELL, Ronan BARON, Marlene HOSSAIN
  • Publication number: 20050145493
    Abstract: A dual gas sensor is described, having first and second working electrodes separated by a gas impermeable portion. The electrodes are preferably located on a gas permeable polymer support, with the gas impermeable portion being formed by compression of the permeable support. The sensor may also include one or more filters for location adjacent the electrodes to filter certain gases from the air. The preferred sensor is able to detect carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide. The sensor housing is formed with four connection pins, allowing a standard sensor housing to be used for dual sensors as well as single sensors having a dummy pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Alphasense Limited
    Inventors: John Saffell, Richard Smith, Darry Dawson
  • Publication number: 20030019747
    Abstract: A manufacturing method and sensors produced by that manufacturing method including an integrated assembly test and validation procedure benefiting from a central control. The use of the same gas supply for each stage of the manufacturing process and for research, each sensor produced by the process is labelled and is provided with access to information pertaining to that individual sensor and/or the batch within which that sensor was made. A system validation procedure deconstruct systematic errors in different parts of a gas supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: John Saffell, Richard Smith, Paul John Denning