Patents by Inventor Kerri Smith

Kerri Smith 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: 11959842
    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses a method of separating a sample (e.g., pharmaceutical drug, genotoxic impurity, biomarker, and/or biological metabolite) including coating a metallic flow path of a chromatographic system; injecting the sample into the chromatographic system; flowing the sample through the chromatographic system; separating the sample; and analyzing the separated sample using mass spectroscopy. In some examples, the coating applied to the surfaces defining the flow path is non-binding with respect to the sample—and the separated sample. Consequently, the sample does not bind to the low-binding surface of the coating of the flow path. The applied coating can increase the chromatographic peak area for the sample of the chromatographic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Rainville, Kerri Smith
  • Patent number: 11912983
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a method of separating a sample comprising oligonucleotides. The method includes injecting a polyphosphonic acid at a concentration of between about 0.01 M to about 1 M into the sample comprising oligonucleotides. The method also includes flowing the sample and polyphosphonic acid through a liquid chromatography column and separating the oligonucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Donegan, Martin Gilar, Matthew Lauber, Scott Mccall, Pamela Iraneta, Kerri Smith
  • Publication number: 20230393103
    Abstract: A device for separating analytes is disclosed. The device has a sample injector, sample injection needle, sample reservoir container in communication with the sample injector, chromatography column downstream of the sample injector, and fluid conduits connecting the sample injector and the column. The interior surfaces of the fluid conduits, sample injector, sample reservoir container, and column form a flow path having wetted surfaces. A portion of the wetted surfaces of the flow path are coated with an alkylsilyl coating that is inert to at least one of the analytes. The alkylsilyl coating has the Formula I: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from (C1-C6)alkoxy, —NH(C1-C6)alkyl, —N((C1-C6)alkyl)2, OH, ORA, and halo. RA represents a point of attachment to the interior surfaces of the fluidic system. At least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is ORA. X is (C1-C20)alkyl, —O[(CH2)2O]1-20, -(C1-C10)[NH(CO)NH(C1-C10)]1-20-, or -(C1-C10)[alkylphenyl(C1-C10)alkyl]1-20-.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Lauber, Mathew H. DeLano, Scott A. McCall, Jonathan Belanger, Theodore A. Dourdeville, Kerri Smith, Paul Rainville, Dimple Shah, Stephen J. Shiner, Catalin Doneanu, Michael Donegan
  • Publication number: 20230081572
    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses a method of separating a sample (e.g., pharmaceutical drug, genotoxic impurity, biomarker, and/or biological metabolite) including coating a metallic flow path of a chromatographic system; injecting the sample into the chromatographic system; flowing the sample through the chromatographic system; separating the sample; and analyzing the separated sample using mass spectroscopy. In some examples, the coating applied to the surfaces defining the flow path is non-binding with respect to the sample—and the separated sample. Consequently, the sample does not bind to the low-binding surface of the coating of the flow path. The applied coating can increase the chromatographic peak area for the sample of the chromatographic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Rainville, Kerri Smith
  • Patent number: 11530966
    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses a method of separating a sample (e.g., pharmaceutical drug, genotoxic impurity, biomarker, and/or biological metabolite) including coating a metallic flow path of a chromatographic system; injecting the sample into the chromatographic system; flowing the sample through the chromatographic system; separating the sample; and analyzing the separated sample using mass spectroscopy. In some examples, the coating applied to the surfaces defining the flow path is non-binding with respect to the sample—and the separated sample. Consequently, the sample does not bind to the low-binding surface of the coating of the flow path. The applied coating can increase the chromatographic peak area for the sample of the chromatographic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Rainville, Kerri Smith
  • Publication number: 20210223148
    Abstract: The present disclosure discusses a method of separating a sample (e.g., pharmaceutical drug, genotoxic impurity, biomarker, and/or biological metabolite) including coating a metallic flow path of a chromatographic system; injecting the sample into the chromatographic system; flowing the sample through the chromatographic system; separating the sample; and analyzing the separated sample using mass spectroscopy. In some examples, the coating applied to the surfaces defining the flow path is non-binding with respect to the sample—and the separated sample. Consequently, the sample does not bind to the low-binding surface of the coating of the flow path. The applied coating can increase the chromatographic peak area for the sample of the chromatographic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Rainville, Kerri Smith
  • Publication number: 20210171932
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a method of separating a sample comprising oligonucleotides. The method includes injecting a polyphosphonic acid at a concentration of between about 0.01 M to about 1 M into the sample comprising oligonucleotides. The method also includes flowing the sample and polyphosphonic acid through a liquid chromatography column and separating the oligonucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Donegan, Martin Gilar, Matthew Lauber, Scott Mccall, Pamela Iraneta, Kerri Smith