ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,178, issued on June 23, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Systems and methods for multistage mass spectrometry utilizing an electrostatic ion trap" was invented by Eric Thomas Dziekonski (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for ion injection into an electrostatic trap. Various aspects of this disclosure provide a mass spectrometer system including a primary ion path including a plurality of quadrupoles; and a secondary ion path coupled to the primary ion path utilizing turning elements. The secondary ion path may include an electrostatic linear ion t...