Patents by Inventor Milton Lee
Milton Lee 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).
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Patent number: 11104556Abstract: A wireline assembly enclosure. The wireline assembly enclosure has a first half and a second half which define an interior compartment. The first and second halves are attached via a hinge and move from an open configuration to a closed configuration. The enclosure also has a plurality of apertures. In various embodiments a stuffing box, lubrication tubing, and other materials pass through the apertures into the interior compartment. A sealing material is disposed partially about a perimeter of the first and second halves such that a seal is formed when the two halves are together in the closed configuration. The sealing material is also disposed about a perimeter of the plurality of apertures. An adjustable bar clamp inside the interior compartment of the enclosure clamps hardware in place. The enclosure is secured around a stuffing box and sheave in order to contain overspray from a wireline.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: Milton Lee Sellman, Erik J. Prejean
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Publication number: 20200115200Abstract: A wireline assembly enclosure. The wireline assembly enclosure has a first half and a second half which define an interior compartment. The first and second halves are attached via a hinge and move from an open configuration to a closed configuration. The enclosure also has a plurality of apertures. In various embodiments a stuffing box, lubrication tubing, and other materials pass through the apertures into the interior compartment. A sealing material is disposed partially about a perimeter of the first and second halves such that a seal is formed when the two halves are together in the closed configuration. The sealing material is also disposed about a perimeter of the plurality of apertures. An adjustable bar clamp inside the interior compartment of the enclosure clamps hardware in place. The enclosure is secured around a stuffing box and sheave in order to contain overspray from a wireline.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Milton Lee Sellman, Erik J. Prejean
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Patent number: 10570439Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a concentrator for concentrating, purifying or otherwise isolating one or more target analytes in a fluid matrix, and related methods, using self-wicking materials, such as monoliths. The present disclosure can be used as a point-of need sample preparation device. The self-contained device can be used for the extraction and concentration of specific target molecules, such as nucleic acids.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: Monolythix, Inc., Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Keith A. Oberg, Anthony Spence, Ivan Rueda, Mark D. Dobbs, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20190338100Abstract: The present invention relates to a monolith for processing fluid samples, and methods of making and using the monolith. The monolith can contain certain monomers or combinations of monomers that can be polymerized to give a polymeric monolith that can efficiently self-wick fluid. The self-wicking polymeric monolith can be used as a convenient tool for point of care/on site diagnostics and analytics. The monolith is easily stored and transported, comparatively cost-efficient to make, permits good detection of analyte molecules and is readily functionalizable by impregnation of and/or covalently grafting additional chemical moieties to either the whole monolith or in zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicants: Monolythix, Inc., Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Keith A. Oberg, Mark D. Dobbs, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Scott P. Layne, Milton Lee
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Patent number: 10336881Abstract: The present invention relates to a monolith for processing fluid samples, and methods of making and using the monolith. The monolith can contain certain monomers or combinations of monomers that can be polymerized to give a polymeric monolith that can efficiently self-wick fluid. The self-wicking polymeric monolith can be used as a convenient tool for point of care/on site diagnostics and analytics. The monolith is easily stored and transported, comparatively cost-efficient to make, permits good detection of analyte molecules and is readily functionalizable by impregnation of and/or covalently grafting additional chemical moieties to either the whole monolith or in zones.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Monolythix, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Oberg, Mark D. Dobbs, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Scott P. Layne, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20180217034Abstract: A rugged SPME system and method for up-taking analytes, allowing injection of liquid samples in the field, providing better quantitation and reproducibility, and having higher capacity than other SPME devices that use a fiber, wherein the embodiments include a SPME stainless steel coiled wire sampler that may wick a liquid sample into the coil to thereby deliver a consistent quantity of liquid to an analyzer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Edgar Lee, Tai Van Truong, Ben Black, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20170073492Abstract: The present invention relates to a monolith for processing fluid samples, and methods of making and using the monolith. The monolith can contain certain monomers or combinations of monomers that can be polymerized to give a polymeric monolith that can efficiently self-wick fluid. The self-wicking polymeric monolith can be used as a convenient tool for point of care/on site diagnostics and analytics. The monolith is easily stored and transported, comparatively cost-efficient to make, permits good detection of analyte molecules and is readily functionalizable by impregnation of and/or covalently grafting additional chemical moieties to either the whole monolith or in zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicants: Monolythix, Inc., Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Keith A. Oberg, Mark D. Dobbs, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Scott P. Layne, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20170051274Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a concentrator for concentrating, purifying or otherwise isolating one or more target analytes in a fluid matrix, and related methods, using self-wicking materials, such as monoliths. The present disclosure can be used as a point-of need sample preparation device. The self-contained device can be used for the extraction and concentration of specific target molecules, such as nucleic acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Monolythix, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Oberg, Anthony Spence, Ivan Rueda, Mark D. Dobbs, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20170051273Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a concentrator for concentrating, purifying or otherwise isolating one or more target analytes in a fluid matrix, and related methods, using self-wicking materials, such as monoliths. The present disclosure can be used as a point-of need sample preparation device. The self-contained device can be used for the extraction and concentration of specific target molecules, such as nucleic acids.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Monolythix, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Oberg, Anthony Spence, Ivan Rueda, Mark D. Dobbs, Milton Lee
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Patent number: 9464969Abstract: The present invention relates to a monolith for processing fluid samples, and methods of making and using the monolith. The monolith can contain certain monomers or combinations of monomers that can be polymerized to give a polymeric monolith that can efficiently self-wick fluid. The self-wicking polymeric monolith can be used as a convenient tool for point of care on site diagnostics and analytics. The monolith is easily stored and transported, comparatively cost-efficient to make, permits good detection of analyte molecules and is readily functionalizable by impregnation of and/or covalently grafting additional chemical moieties to either the whole monolith or in zones.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Monolythix, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Oberg, Mark D. Dobbs, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Scott P. Layne, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20160146714Abstract: Described herein are monoliths for processing fluid samples, and methods of making and using such monoliths.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicants: Monolythix, Inc., Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Keith A. Oberg, Mark D. Dobbs, Ekaterina Tkatchouk, Scott P. Layne, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20070284519Abstract: A cross-flow ion mobility analyzer (CIMA) that includes a component of gas flow that opposes an electric field that is established within a channel, wherein ions are carried through the channel, wherein ions of a specific mobility are trapped by the opposing electric field and flow field within the channel and are detected when the ions reach the end of the channel, wherein a detector at the end of the channel sees a continuous stream of mobility-selected ions, and wherein different ions are selected by modifying the electric field and/or the velocity of the flow field.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Alan Rockwood, Edgar Lee, Nosa Agbonkonkon, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20070246650Abstract: A virtual ion trap that uses electric focusing fields instead of machined metal electrodes that normally surround the trapping volume, wherein two opposing surfaces include a plurality of uniquely designed and coated electrodes, and wherein the electrodes can be disposed on the two opposing surfaces using plating techniques that enable much higher tolerances to be met than existing machining techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Edgar Lee, Alan Rockwood, Randall Waite, Stephen Lammert, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20060241515Abstract: A syringe-like device (hereinafter “syringe”) that is operable by a single hand, wherein the syringe includes a plunger for ejecting and then retracting a fiber or filament used for the collection of solids, solids in suspensions and liquids, wherein the syringe includes a microchip embedded in the syringe housing, and wherein the microchip enables electronic chain of custody tracking of a sample from a point of origin through final analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Jeffrey Jones, Randall Waite, Tai Truong, Jacolin Murray, Jon Kimball, Edgar Lee, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20060171654Abstract: A system and method for performing rapid, automated and high peak capacity separations of complex protein mixtures through the combination of fluidic and electrical elements on an integrated circuit, utilizing planar thin-film micromachining for both fluidic and electrical components.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2006Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Aaron Hawkins, Bridget Peeni, John Barber, Adam Woolley, Holger Schmidt, Milton Lee
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Patent number: 7075064Abstract: A system and method are provided of extracting spectra from data produced by temporally indexed spectral scans from a spectrometer and spectrometer. The method includes the operation of receiving a data matrix from the spectrometer. The noise can then be removed from the data matrix. A further operation is identifying spectra of interest in the data matrix based on information content. In addition, a reduction transformation can be applied to the data matrix based upon the spectra of interest based upon the denizen transformation for the purpose of extracting the spectra of interest from the data matrix.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2005Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Brigham Young UniversityInventors: James R. Oliphant, H. Dennis Tolley, Alan Rockwood, Edgar Lee, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20050258357Abstract: A system and method are provided of extracting spectra from data produced by temporally indexed spectral scans from a spectrometer and spectrometer. The method includes the operation of receiving a data matrix from the spectrometer. The noise can then be removed from the data matrix. A further operation is identifying spectra of interest in the data matrix based on information content. In addition, a reduction transformation can be applied to the data matrix based upon the spectra of interest based upon the denizen transformation for the purpose of extracting the spectra of interest from the data matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: James Oliphant, H. Tolley, Alan Rockwood, Edgar Lee, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20050040327Abstract: A virtual ion trap that uses electric focusing fields instead of machined metal electrodes that normally surround the trapping volume, wherein two opposing surfaces include a plurality of uniquely designed and coated electrodes, and wherein the electrodes can be disposed on the two opposing surfaces using plating techniques that enable much higher tolerances to be met than existing machining techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Edgar Lee, Alan Rockwood, Randall Waite, Stephen Lammert, Milton Lee
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Publication number: 20050029445Abstract: A single set of electrodes, wherein different electrical potentials are applied to the single set of electrodes at different times in order to perform both ion mobility-based spectrometry and mass spectrometry (MS) on a sample of ions, wherein the ions are processed by performing ion mobility-based spectrometry and mass spectrometry in any sequence, any number of times, and as isolated or superposed procedures in order to trap, separate, fragment, and/or analyze charged particles and charged particles derived from atoms, molecules, particles, sub-atomic particles and ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Edgar Lee, Alan Rockwood, Milton Lee, Samuel Tolley
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Publication number: 20050006578Abstract: A cross-flow ion mobility analyzer (CIMA) that includes a component of gas flow that opposes an electric field that is established within a channel, wherein ions are carried through the channel, wherein ions of a specific mobility are trapped by the opposing electric field and flow field within the channel and are detected when the ions reach the end of the channel, wherein a detector at the end of the channel sees a continuous stream of mobility-selected ions, and wherein different ions are selected by modifying the electric field and/or the velocity of the flow field.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Alan Rockwood, Edgar Lee, Nosa Agbonkonkon, Milton Lee