Patents by Inventor Jonathan Spencer Howells

Jonathan Spencer Howells 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: 8975085
    Abstract: An extraction system for distributing a test product in an extraction fluid, the system including a flow cell and a pump The flow cell has walls defining an internal passageway having an extraction region for holding the test product and also an upstream end and a downstream end between which the extraction region extends. The internal cross-sectional area of the upstream end is larger than the internal cross-sectional area of the downstream end the and extraction region tapers from the upstream end to the downstream end. The pump has an inlet in fluid communication with the downstream end and an outlet in fluid communication with the upstream end. The pump re-circulates extraction fluid from the downstream end back to the upstream end so as to progressively erode the test product and distribute the test product in the extraction fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: PA Knowledege Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Spencer Howells, Kevin Deane
  • Publication number: 20110212539
    Abstract: An extraction system for distributing a test product in an extraction fluid, the system including a flow cell and a pump The flow cell has walls defining an internal passageway having an extraction region for holding the test product and also an upstream end and a downstream end between which the extraction region extends. The internal cross-sectional area of the upstream end is larger than the internal cross-sectional area of the downstream end the and extraction region tapers from the upstream end to the downstream end. The pump has an inlet in fluid communication with the downstream end and an outlet in fluid communication with the upstream end. The pump re-circulates extraction fluid from the downstream end back to the upstream end so as to progressively erode the test product and distribute the test product in the extraction fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan Spencer Howells, Kevin Deane