Patents by Inventor Valerie Vaughn

Valerie Vaughn 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).

  • Fast time-of-flight mass spectrometer with improved data acquisition system
    Publication number: 20060192111
    Abstract: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments are disclosed for monitoring fast processes with large dynamic range using a multi-threshold TDC data acquisition method or a threshold ADC data acquisition method. Embodiments using a combination of both methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Katrin Fuhrer, Marc Gonin, Thomas Egan, William Burton, J. Schultz, Valerie Vaughn, Steven Ulrich
  • Fast time-of-flight mass spectrometer with improved data acquisition system
    Patent number: 7084393
    Abstract: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments are disclosed for monitoring fast processes with large dynamic range using a multi-threshold TDC data acquisition method or a threshold ADC data acquisition method. Embodiments using a combination of both methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Ionwerks, Inc.
    Inventors: Katrin Fuhrer, Marc Gonin, Thomas F. Egan, William Burton, J. Albert Schultz, Valerie Vaughn, Steven Ulrich
  • Fast time-of-flight mass spectrometer with improved data acquisition system
    Publication number: 20050006577
    Abstract: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments are disclosed for monitoring fast processes with large dynamic range using a multi-threshold TDC data acquisition method or a threshold ADC data acquisition method. Embodiments using a combination of both methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Katrin Fuhrer, Marc Gonin, Thomas Egan, William Burton, J. Schultz, Valerie Vaughn, Steven Ulrich