US Patent Issued to KRATOS ANALYTICAL on Sept. 15 for "Time of flight mass spectrometer control unit applying a dynamic potential different between at least two electrodes of an ion gate" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,471, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KRATOS ANALYTICAL Ltd. (Manchester, Great Britain).

"Time of flight mass spectrometer control unit applying a dynamic potential different between at least two electrodes of an ion gate" was invented by Andrew Bowdler (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A time of flight ("TOF") mass spectrometer having a control unit that is configured to control the TOF mass spectrometer to perform at least one acquisition cycle that includes operating a variable voltage unit to apply a dynamic potential difference between at least two electrodes of an ion gate. The dynamic potential dif...