Patents by Inventor Michael D. Brands

Michael D. Brands 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).

  • Method for calibrating mass spectrometers
    Patent number: 6498340
    Abstract: A method whereby a mass spectra generated by a mass spectrometer is calibrated by shifting the parameters used by the spectrometer to assign masses to the spectra in a manner which reconciles the signal of ions within the spectra having equal mass but differing charge states, or by reconciling ions having known differences in mass to relative values consistent with those known differences. In this manner, the mass spectrometer is calibrated without the need for standards while allowing the generation of a highly accurate mass spectra by the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Gordon A. Anderson, Michael D. Brands, James E. Bruce, Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic, Richard D. Smith
  • Method for calibrating mass spectrometers
    Publication number: 20020130259
    Abstract: A method whereby a mass spectra generated by a mass spectrometer is calibrated by shifting the parameters used by the spectrometer to assign masses to the spectra in a manner which reconciles the signal of ions within the spectra having equal mass but differing charge states, or by reconciling ions having known differences in mass to relative values consistent with those known differences. In this manner, the mass spectrometer is calibrated without the need for standards while allowing the generation of a highly accurate mass spectra by the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Gordon A. Anderson, Michael D. Brands, James E. Bruce, Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic, Richard D. Smith