Patents by Inventor L. Andy Woodruff

L. Andy Woodruff 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: 9314712
    Abstract: The current invention provides compositions, which are useful as stationary phases for a variety of chromatographic applications, such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and solid-phase extraction (SPE). The compositions include a porous solid support (e.g., silica gels, silica monoliths or synthetic organic resins) having an exterior surface and pore openings defined by “interior walls”. To the solid support are covalently bound organic ion-exchange ligands (e.g., silyl ligands), which incorporate at least one ion-exchange group (e.g., ionic or ionizable group). The compositions further include micro-particles (e.g., latex particles) incorporating ion-exchange groups having a charge that is opposite to the charge found on the support. The micro-particles are bound to the exterior surface of the support (e.g., via electrostatic forces).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: DIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Liu, Christopher A. Pohl, Jinhua Chen, L. Andy Woodruff
  • Publication number: 20090277838
    Abstract: The current invention provides compositions, which are useful as stationary phases for a variety of chromatographic applications, such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and solid-phase extraction (SPE). The compositions include a porous solid support (e.g., silica gels, silica monoliths or synthetic organic resins) having an exterior surface and pore openings defined by “interior walls”. To the solid support are covalently bound organic ion-exchange ligands (e.g., silyl ligands), which incorporate at least one ion-exchange group (e.g., ionic or ionizable group). The compositions further include micro-particles (e.g., latex particles) incorporating ion-exchange groups having a charge that is opposite to the charge found on the support. The micro-particles are bound to the exterior surface of the support (e.g., via electrostatic forces).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Dionex Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong Liu, Christopher A. Pohl, Jinhua Chen, L. Andy Woodruff
  • Patent number: 7166226
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention comprises an ion exchange composition formed by reacting unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from derivatized ion binding cryptands with a support substrate under free radical activation conditions to form a covalent bond therebetween. In another embodiment, a cryptand ion exchange composition is made by covalently bonding unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from a derivatized ion binding cryptands with unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from a support substrate under free radical activation conditions to form covalent bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Dionex Corporation
    Inventors: L. Andy Woodruff, Andrei V. Bordunov, Christopher A. Pohl
  • Patent number: 6867295
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention comprises an ion exchange composition formed by reacting unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from derivatized ion binding cryptands with a support substrate under free radical activation conditions to form a covalent bond therebetween. In another embodiment, a cryptand ion exchange composition is made by covalently bonding unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from a derivatized ion binding cryptands with unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from a support substrate under free radical activation conditions to form covalent bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Dionex Corporation
    Inventors: L. Andy Woodruff, Andrei V. Bordunov, Christopher A. Pohl
  • Publication number: 20030077656
    Abstract: A derivatized macrocyclic compound comprising the formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Andrei V. Bordunov, L. Andy Woodruff, Christopher A. Pohl
  • Publication number: 20030075508
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention comprises an ion exchange composition formed by reacting unsaturated carbon to carbon moieties pendant from derivatized ion binding cryptands with a support substrate under free radical activation conditions to form a covalent bond therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: L. Andy Woodruff, Andrei V. Bordunov, Christopher A. Pohl