Patents by Inventor Kenneth Berthelette

Kenneth Berthelette 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: 20230204478
    Abstract: In various aspects, the present disclosure pertains to methods of performing a sample enrichment procedure, which comprise: adding a sample fluid that comprises at least one phospholipid and at least one target analyte to a sorbent that comprises a hydrophobic component and a cation exchange component, thereby resulting in sorbent with bound phospholipid and bound target analyte; adding an aqueous solution comprising an acidic compound and a salt; adding an organic solution to the sorbent thereby desorbing at least a portion of the bound phospholipid from the sorbent; and adding an elution solution to the sorbent, thereby desorbing at least a portion of the bound target analyte from the sorbent and forming a solution of the target analyte in the elution solution. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to kits, which may be used in conjunction with such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bonnie A. Alden, Kenneth Berthelette, Jon Finch, Donna Osterman, Thomas Swann, Thomas H. Walter
  • Patent number: 11604123
    Abstract: In various aspects, the present disclosure pertains to methods of performing a sample enrichment procedure, which comprise: adding a sample fluid that comprises at least one phospholipid and at least one target analyte to a sorbent that comprises a hydrophobic component and a cation exchange component, thereby resulting in sorbent with bound phospholipid and bound target analyte; adding an aqueous solution comprising an acidic compound and a salt; adding an organic solution to the sorbent thereby desorbing at least a portion of the bound phospholipid from the sorbent; and adding an elution solution to the sorbent, thereby desorbing at least a portion of the bound target analyte from the sorbent and forming a solution of the target analyte in the elution solution. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to kits, which may be used in conjunction with such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bonnie A. Alden, Kenneth Berthelette, Jon Finch, Donna Osterman, Thomas Swann, Thomas H. Walter
  • Publication number: 20220389480
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to methods of separating nucleic acid component compounds from one another. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: (a) loading a sample fluid comprising a plurality of nucleic acid component compounds onto a chromatographic column comprising a zwitterionic stationary phase contained inside the column; (b) flowing a mobile phase through the chromatographic column over a time period thereby forming an eluent in which at least some of the plurality of the nucleic acid component compounds are separated from each other, the mobile phase comprising a polar aprotic solvent, a protic solvent, and a volatile buffer salt, wherein flowing the mobile phase comprises varying a ratio of the protic solvent to the polar aprotic solvent over at least a portion of the time period and varying an ionic strength of the volatile buffer salt over at least a portion of the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth Berthelette
  • Publication number: 20190195758
    Abstract: In various aspects, the present disclosure pertains to methods of performing a sample enrichment procedure, which comprise: adding a sample fluid that comprises at least one phospholipid and at least one target analyte to a sorbent that comprises a hydrophobic component and a cation exchange component, thereby resulting in sorbent with bound phospholipid and bound target analyte; adding an aqueous solution comprising an acidic compound and a salt; adding an organic solution to the sorbent thereby desorbing at least a portion of the bound phospholipid from the sorbent; and adding an elution solution to the sorbent, thereby desorbing at least a portion of the bound target analyte from the sorbent and forming a solution of the target analyte in the elution solution. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to kits, which may be used in conjunction with such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Bonnie A. Alden, Kenneth Berthelette, Jon Finch, Donna Osterman, Thomas Swann, Thomas H. Walter