Patents by Inventor Jon A. Christopher

Jon A. Christopher 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).

  • Remote-control, crystal-annealing, cold-stream blocking device and method
    Patent number: 6503320
    Abstract: A blocking device for remote, selective blocking of a cold stream used in a protein crystal annealing process during X-ray protein crystallography includes a blocking member adapted to be selectively moved between at least a blocking position where the blocking member blocks the cold stream and a non-blocking position where the blocking member does not block the cold stream, and an actuation mechanism adapted to impart movement to the blocking member to cause the blocking member to be selectively moved between at least the blocking position and the non-blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Structural Genomix, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet Newman, Jon A. Christopher, Brian L. Ganz, James A. Benjamin