Patents by Inventor Joseph L. Oliphant

Joseph L. Oliphant 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).

  • Deconvolution and identification algorithms for use on spectroscopic data
    Patent number: 9640374
    Abstract: A new algorithm is taught for identifying compounds from spectroscopic or mass spectra data, wherein the improved order of operations of the present invention are defined as 1) background noise removal, 2) deconvolution by smoothing peaks, finding peaks and grouping peaks into unknown compounds, 3) preparing correlation values for combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs, 4) sorting the combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs by their correlation values, 5) removing complete ions from the mass spectra data using a peak, a retention time, and a retention window, and 6) matching unknown compounds to target compounds such that no target compound appears twice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: TORION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Oliphant, Chad B. Grant, H. Dennis Tolley
  • Needle trap for use with a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer for field sampling and analysis
    Patent number: 9322750
    Abstract: A system and method for improving operation of a needle trap by changing a flow path through a needle trap to enable a needle to draw a fluid sample into a working end of the needle and out through the side hole, wherein drawing the sample through the side hole eliminates the possibility of a leak through the side hole while drawing a fluid sample into the working end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TORION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Oliphant, Nathan Porter, Anthony D. Rands
  • NEEDLE TRAP FOR USE WITH A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH-MASS SPECTROMETER FOR FIELD SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20130233054
    Abstract: A system and method for improving operation of a needle trap by changing a flow path through a needle trap to enable a needle to draw a fluid sample into a working end of the needle and out through the side hole, wherein drawing the sample through the side hole eliminates the possibility of a leak through the side hole while drawing a fluid sample into the working end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TORION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Oliphant, Nathan Porter, Anthony D. Rands
  • DECONVOLUTION AND IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR USE ON SPECTROSCOPIC DATA
    Publication number: 20130238253
    Abstract: A new algorithm is taught for identifying compounds from spectroscopic or mass spectra data, wherein the improved order of operations of the present invention are defined as 1) background noise removal, 2) deconvolution by smoothing peaks, finding peaks and grouping peaks into unknown compounds, 3) preparing correlation values for combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs, 4) sorting the combinations of unknown compound and target compound pairs by their correlation values, 5) removing complete ions from the mass spectra data using a peak, a retention time, and a retention window, and 6) matching unknown compounds to target compounds such that no target compound appears twice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TORION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Oliphant, Chad B. Grant, H. Dennis Tolley
  • Method of increasing the surface area and plastic properties of hydrated lime
    Patent number: 5332436
    Abstract: An invention is shown in which a quicklime is hydrated in the presence of a special chemical modifier to produce a controlled temperature hydrate having improved plastic properties and greater surface areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Chemical Lime Company
    Inventors: Daniel D. Walker, Jr., Joseph L. Oliphant