ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,483, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Micro channel cartridge for mass spectrometer" was invented by Nikola Beric (Etobicoke, Canada) and Graham Arthur Leith (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge assembly for a mass spectrometer includes two detector plates. Each of the two detector plates includes (a) an active area defining a plurality of channels from a first side of each of the two detector plates to a second side of each of the two detector plates, and (b) a plurality of clamping areas. A spacer is disposed between the two detector plates and includes a pluralit...