Patents by Inventor Jonathan ATKINSON
Jonathan ATKINSON 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).
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Publication number: 20230194473Abstract: A method of operating an ion mobility spectrometer comprises the following steps: drawing a sample of gaseous fluid into a reaction region of the ion mobility spectrometer; providing a first pulse of a pulsed ionisation source to ionise the sample of gaseous fluid, thereby to obtain first sample ions; after a first gate delay following the first trigger opening an ion shutter to permit a portion of the first sample ions to leave the reaction region; providing a second pulse of the pulsed ionisation source to further ionise the sample of gaseous fluid, thereby to obtain second sample ions; after a second gate delay following the first trigger opening the ion shutter to permit a portion of the second sample ions to leave the reaction region, wherein the second gate delay is different from the first gate delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Paul ARNOLD, Jonathan ATKINSON, Alastair CLARK, Elizabeth HUMPHREYS
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Patent number: 11215582Abstract: An ion filter for a mass spectrometer, the apparatus comprising an ion modifier; an ion selector configured to select a subset of a sample of ions based on their mobility in a gas; and a controller configured to operate the ion modifier in a first mode to modify the ions selected by the ion selector to provide daughter ions, and configured to operate the ion modifier in a second mode to output the ions selected by the ion selector; wherein the ion filter is adapted for providing output ions from the ion modifier to an intake of a mass spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIITEDInventors: Alastair Clark, Jonathan Atkinson
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Publication number: 20210049621Abstract: A method and system for migrating contact data from a source customer relationship management (CRM) system to a target CRM system, comprising retrieving a source contact record corresponding to a source contact from a source CRM database associated with the source CRM system, the source contact record including a first set of data fields populated with information about the source contact; retrieving, from a support database, a support contact record corresponding to the source contact, the support contact record including a second set of data fields populated with information about the source contact; and determining, based on information included in the support contact record, if the source contact record meets a predefined migration criteria, and if so perform a migration process to migrate information included in the source contact record to the target CRM system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Jody GLIDDEN, Brandon HUBBARD, Jonathan ATKINSON, Jacob O'REILLY, Silvio VERZILLI, Steve RODERICK
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Patent number: 10910207Abstract: An ion mobility spectrometer comprising an ioniser for ionising a sample; a detector separated from the ioniser by a drift chamber along which ions can travel from the ioniser toward the detector; a gate for controlling the passage of ions from the ioniser to the drift chamber; an ion modifier arranged between the ioniser and the detector and comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; and a voltage provider configured to provide a time varying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the time varying voltage has a frequency of at least 2.5 MHz.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Smiths Detection-Watford LimitedInventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark, Bruce Grant
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Patent number: 10775283Abstract: An on-demand vapour generator includes a vapour chamber configured to produce a vapour and a vapour absorption assembly configured to receive flows of vapour from the vapour chamber. The vapour absorption assembly includes a first vapour-permeable passage having a passage outlet and at least one second vapour-permeable passage that is closed. When vapour absorption assembly receives a flow of vapour from the vapour chamber, the flow of vapour passes through the first vapour-permeable passage to the passage outlet at least substantially without absorption of vapour from the flow of vapour. However, when a flow of vapour is not received from the vapour chamber, vapour entering the vapour absorption assembly from the vapour chamber passes into the first vapour-permeable passage and the at least one second vapour-permeable passage and is at least substantially absorbed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDInventors: Alexander Parker, Marcedl Gowers, Jonathan Atkinson, John Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20200173961Abstract: An ion filter for a mass spectrometer, the apparatus compr sing an ion inodifier; an ion selector configured to select a subset of a sample of ions based on their mobility in a gas; and a controller configured to operate the ion modifier in a first mode to modify the ions selected by the ion selector to provide daughter ions, and configured to operate the ion modifier in a second mode to Coutput the ions selected by the ion selector;wherein the ion filter is adapted for providing output ions from the ion modifier to an in-take of a mass spectrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Alastair Clark, Jonathan Atkinson
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Patent number: 10607827Abstract: An ionising apparatus for ionising a sample of gaseous fluid. The ionising apparatus comprises an ioniser configured to provide reactant ions; an ion modifier configured to modify the reactant ions, and a reaction region arranged to receive the modified reactant ions and a sample and to combine the sample with the modified reactant ions to ionise the sample for analysis by a detector configured to identify a substance of interest in the sample.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDInventors: Stephen Taylor, Jonathan Atkinson
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Publication number: 20200083033Abstract: An ion mobility spectrometer comprising an ioniser for ionising a sample; a detector separated from the ioniser by a drift chamber along which ions can travel from the ioniser toward the detector; a gate for controlling the passage of ions from the ioniser to the drift chamber; an ion modifier arranged between the ioniser and the detector and comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; and a voltage provider configured to provide a time varying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the time varying voltage has a frequency of at least 2.5 MHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark, Bruce Grant
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Patent number: 10557823Abstract: An ion filter for a mass spectrometer, the apparatus comprising an ion modifier; an ion selector configured to select a subset of a sample of ions based on their mobility in a gas; and a controller configured to operate the ion modifier in a first mode to modify the ions selected by the ion selector to provide daughter ions, and configured to operate the ion modifier in a second mode to output the ions selected by the ion selector; wherein the ion filter is adapted for providing output ions from the ion modifier to an intake of a mass spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDInventors: Alastair Clark, Jonathan Atkinson
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Patent number: 10509011Abstract: Ion modification An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a sample inlet (108) comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionised; a controller (200) arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier (126, 127, 202) configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Smiths Detection-Watford LimitedInventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark
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Patent number: 10453665Abstract: An ion mobility spectrometer comprising an ionizer for ionizing a sample; a detector separated from the ionizer by a drift chamber along which ions can travel from the ionizer toward the detector; a gate for controlling the passage of ions from the ionizer to the drift chamber; an ion modifier arranged between the ionizer and the detector and comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; and a voltage provider configured to provide a time varying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the time varying voltage has a frequency of at least 2.5 MHz.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark, Bruce Grant
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Publication number: 20190187095Abstract: Ion modification An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a sample inlet (108) comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionised; a controller (200) arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier (126, 127, 202) configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark
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Publication number: 20190086304Abstract: An on-demand vapour generator includes a vapour chamber configured to produce a vapour and a vapour absorption assembly configured to receive flows of vapour from the vapour chamber. The vapour absorption assembly includes a first vapour-permeable passage having a passage outlet and at least one second vapour-permeable passage that is closed. When vapour absorption assembly receives a flow of vapour from the vapour chamber, the flow of vapour passes through the first vapour-permeable passage to the passage outlet at least substantially without absorption of vapour from the flow of vapour. However, when a flow of vapour is not received from the vapour chamber, vapour entering the vapour absorption assembly from the vapour chamber passes into the first vapour-permeable passage and the at least one second vapour-permeable passage and is at least substantially absorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Alexander Parker, Marcedl Gowers, Jonathan Atkinson, John Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 10139367Abstract: Ion modification An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a sample inlet (108) comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionized; a controller (200) arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier (126, 127, 202) configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark
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Patent number: 10126217Abstract: An on-demand vapor generator includes a vapor chamber configured to produce a vapor and a vapor absorption assembly configured to receive flows of vapor from the vapor chamber. The vapor absorption assembly includes a first vapor-permeable passage having a passage outlet and at least one second vapor-permeable passage that is closed. When vapor absorption assembly receives a flow of vapor from the vapor chamber, the flow of vapor passes through the first vapor-permeable passage to the passage outlet at least substantially without absorption of vapor from the flow of vapor. However, when a flow of vapor is not received from the vapor chamber, vapor entering the vapor absorption assembly from the vapor chamber passes into the first vapor-permeable passage and the at least one second vapor-permeable passage and is at least substantially absorbed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITEDInventors: Alexander Parker, Marcel Gowers, Jonathan Atkinson, John Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20180277349Abstract: An ionising apparatus for ionising a sample of gaseous fluid. The ionising apparatus comprises an ioniser configured to provide reactant ions; an ion modifier configured to modify the reactant ions, and a reaction region arranged to receive the modified reactant ions and a sample and to combine the sample with the modified reactant ions to ionise the sample for analysis by a detector configured to identify a substance of interest in the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Stephen Taylor, Jonathan Atkinson
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Patent number: 9953823Abstract: An ionizing apparatus for ionizing a sample of gaseous fluid. The ionizing apparatus comprises an ionizer configured to provide reactant ions; an ion modifier configured to modify the reactant ions, and a reaction region arranged to receive the modified reactant ions and a sample and to combine the sample with the modified reactant ions to ionize the sample for analysis by a detector configured to identify a substance of interest in the sample.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Smiths Detection-Watford LimitedInventors: Stephen Taylor, Jonathan Atkinson
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Publication number: 20170322126Abstract: An on-demand vapour generator includes a vapour chamber configured to produce a vapour and a vapour absorption assembly configured to receive flows of vapour from the vapour chamber. The vapour absorption assembly includes a first vapour-permeable passage having a passage outlet and at least one second vapour-permeable passage that is closed. When vapour absorption assembly receives a flow of vapour front the vapour chamber, the flow of vapour passes through the first vapour-permeable passage to the passage outlet at least substantially without absorption of vapour from the flow of vapour. However, when a flow of vapour is not received from the vapour chamber, vapour entering the vapour absorption assembly from the vapour chamber passes into the first vapour-permeable passage and the at least one second vapour-permeable passage and is at least substantially absorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Alexander Parker, Marcel Gowers, Jonathan Atkinson, John Fitzgerald, Stephen Taylor
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Publication number: 20170241952Abstract: Ion modification An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a sample inlet (108) comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionised; a controller (200) arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier (126, 127, 202) configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Jonathan Atkinson, Alastair Clark
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Publication number: 20170241951Abstract: An ion filter for a mass spectrometer, the apparatus comprising an ion modifier; an ion selector configured to select a subset of a sample of ions based on their mobility in a gas; and a controller configured to operate the ion modifier in a first mode to modify the ions selected by the ion selector to provide daughter ions, and configured to operate the ion modifier in a second mode to output the ions selected by the ion selector; wherein the ion filter is adapted for providing output ions from the ion modifier to an intake of a mass spectrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Alastair Clark, Jonathan Atkinson