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Bruce Thomson — 28 Patents

MDMds: 12 patents #2 of 85Top 3%
DPDh Technologies Development Pte.: 11 patents #21 of 208Top 15%
ABApplied Biosystems: 4 patents #186 of 690Top 30%
MLMds Health Group Limited: 3 patents #3 of 26Top 15%
UMUniversity Of Manitoba: 1 patents #101 of 312Top 35%
Toronto, CA: #179 of 9,482 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Bruce Thomson has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mds. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in September 2018. Bruce Thomson ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Bruce Thomson in Toronto, ON, CA.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2018Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2000.peak 31981: 1 patents19811989: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931998: 1 patents2000: 3 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2006: 2 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 2 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents2016: 3 patents20162018: 1 patents2018

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10074525 Flow through MS3 for improved selectivity Bruce Collings 2018-09-11
9478404 High resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer Robert Haufler 2016-10-25
9455131 Gas diffuser ion inlet 2016-09-27
9437410 System and method for applying curtain gas flow in a mass spectrometer Mircea Guna 2016-09-06
8581176 Method for high efficiency tandem mass spectrometry Suzanne Ackloo 2013-11-12
8217345 Interface between differential mobility analyzer and mass spectrometer 2012-07-10
8115165 Mass selector 2012-02-14
8073635 Method of quantitation by mass spectrometry Yves Le Blanc 2011-12-06
8067728 Method of improving signal-to-noise for quantitation by mass spectrometry Yves Le Blanc 2011-11-29
7858927 Apparatus and method for operating a differential mobility analyzer with a mass spectrometer 2010-12-28
7759637 Method for storing and reacting ions in a mass spectrometer 2010-07-20
7601952 Method of operating a mass spectrometer to provide resonant excitation ion transfer Jim Hager 2009-10-13
7358488 Mass spectrometer multiple device interface for parallel configuration of multiple devices Igor Chernushevich, Alexandre Loboda, Andrew N. Krutchinsky 2008-04-15 $12,092,000
7259371 Method and apparatus for improved sensitivity in a mass spectrometer Bruce Collings, Thomas R. Covey, Mircea Guna, Hassan Javaheri, Alexandre Loboda +1 more 2007-08-21
7256395 Method and apparatus for improved sensitivity in a mass spectrometer Bruce Collings, Mircea Guna, Hassan Javaheri, Alexandre Loboda 2007-08-14
7196327 Quadrupole mass spectrometer with spatial dispersion Alexandre Loboda 2007-03-27 $15,030,000
7145133 Apparatus and method for MSnth in a tandem mass spectrometer system 2006-12-05 $13,883,000
6992285 Method and apparatus for analyzing a substance using MSn analysis Lisa Cousins 2006-01-31 $17,387,000
6784422 Parallel sample introduction electrospray mass spectrometer with electronic indexing through multiple ion entrance orifices Thomas R. Covey, Charles Jolliffe 2004-08-31
6507019 MS/MS scan methods for a quadrupole/time of flight tandem mass spectrometer Igor Chernushevich 2003-01-14 $16,161,000
6285027 MS/MS scan methods for a quadrupole/time of flight tandem mass spectrometer Igor Chernushevich 2001-09-04 $27,514,000
6166378 Method for improved signal-to-noise for multiply charged ions Igor Chernushevich 2000-12-26 $20,223,000
6111250 Quadrupole with axial DC field Charles Jolliffe 2000-08-29
6093929 High pressure MS/MS system Gholamreza Javahery, Charles Jolliffe 2000-07-25 $22,506,000
5847386 Spectrometer with axial field Charles Jolliffe 1998-12-08