ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,074, issued on July 28, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Mass spectrometry method and mass spectrometer" was invented by Kazuya Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing mass spectrometry by causing a precursor ion derived from a sample component and a radical to react in a reaction chamber 132 to generate products ion from the precursor ion, the method including: a step 6 of generating a radical from a material gas; a step 8 of introducing the radical and the precursor ion into the reaction chamber 132 in a state where an amount of electric power corresponding to a generation condi...