Patents by Inventor Mark W. Towers

Mark W. Towers 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).

  • Enclosure for ambient ionisation ion source
    Patent number: 11011363
    Abstract: An ambient ionisation ion source is disclosed that comprises a first device arranged and adapted to generate analyte ions from a target and an enclosure surrounding the first device. The enclosure includes one or more gas inlets and one or more gas outlets. The ambient ionisation ion source also comprises a second device arranged and adapted to supply the enclosure with a first gas via the one or more gas inlets such that the enclosure is maintained, in use, at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Philippa J. Hart, Mark W. Towers, Paul R. Murray
  • ENCLOSURE FOR AMBIENT IONISATION ION SOURCE
    Publication number: 20190295833
    Abstract: An ambient ionisation ion source is disclosed that comprises a first device arranged and adapted to generate analyte ions from a target and an enclosure surrounding the first device. The enclosure includes one or more gas inlets and one or more gas outlets. The ambient ionisation ion source also comprises a second device arranged and adapted to supply the enclosure with a first gas via the one or more gas inlets such that the enclosure is maintained, in use, at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Philippa J. Hart, Mark W. Towers, Paul R. Murray
  • Method of mass spectrometry and a mass spectrometer
    Patent number: 9048072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry, an apparatus adapted to perform the method and a mass spectrometer. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry comprising the step of associating parent and fragmentation ions from a sample by measuring the parent and fragmentation ions from two or more different areas of the sample and identifying changes in the number of parent ions between the areas in the sample, and corresponding changes in the number of fragmentation ions between the two areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Claude, Mark W. Towers, Kieran Neeson, Richard Denny, Jeffery M. Brown, Paul Murray, Mark McDowall
  • Method of mass spectrometry and a mass spectrometer
    Patent number: 8895917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry, an apparatus adapted to perform the method and a mass spectrometer. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry comprising the step of associating parent and fragmentation ions from a sample by measuring the parent and fragmentation ions from two or more different areas of the sample and identifying changes in the number of parent ions between the areas in the sample, and corresponding changes in the number of fragmentation ions between the two areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Claude, Mark W. Towers, Kieran Neeson, Richard Denny, Jeffery M. Brown, Paul Murray, Mark McDowall
  • Method Of Mass Spectrometry And A Mass Spectrometer
    Publication number: 20130277548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry, an apparatus adapted to perform the method and a mass spectrometer. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry comprising the step of associating parent and fragmentation ions from a sample by measuring the parent and fragmentation ions from two or more different areas of the sample and identifying changes in the number of parent ions between the areas in the sample, and corresponding changes in the number of fragmentation ions between the two areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Claude, Mark W. Towers, Kieran Neeson, Richard Denny, Jeffery M. Brown, Paul Murray, Mark McDowall
  • Scientific instrument
    Patent number: D981881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Matthew J. Henderson, Mark W. Towers, Gordon Kearney, Paul R. Murray, Emrys Jones, Arthur Blake, Andrew Pawson