Patents by Inventor Pete Tornatore

Pete Tornatore 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for improved laser desorption ionization tandem mass spectrometry
    Patent number: 6946653
    Abstract: Laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometer instruments that include immediate post source collisional cooling are presented, as are analytical methods that employ such instruments to achieve increased sensitivity and ion yield. Also presented are laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry methods that improve sensitivity and relative ion yield by combining affinity capture probes with matrices having low melting point energy absorbing molecules combined with alkali metal scavengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scot R. Weinberger, Pete Tornatore
  • Methods and apparatus for improved laser desorption ionization tandem mass spectrometry
    Publication number: 20030098413
    Abstract: Laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometer instruments that include immediate post source collisional cooling are presented, as are analytical methods that employ such instruments to achieve increased sensitivity and ion yield. Also presented are laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry methods that improve sensitivity and relative ion yield by combining affinity capture probes with matrices having low melting point energy absorbing molecules combined with alkali metal scavengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scot R. Weinberger, Pete Tornatore
  • Apparatus and methods for affinity capture tandem mass spectrometry
    Publication number: 20020195555
    Abstract: The invention provides an analytical instrument comprising an affinity capture probe interface, a laser desorption ionization source, and a tandem mass spectrometer. Also presented are new methods for protein discovery and identification and for characterization of molecular interactions that utilize the instrument of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Scot R. Weinberger, Werner Ens, Alexander Laboda, Victor Spicer, Raymond G. Bryan, Ken Standing, Pete Tornatore, James R. McNabb