ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,736, issued on June 9, was assigned to The Regents at the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).
"Pressure-stabilized dual inlet gas mass spectrometry" was invented by Benjamin Birner (San Diego), Ralph Keeling (San Diego) and Jeffrey Severinghaus (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mass spectrometer system for a mass spectrometer is provided. The mass spectrometer system includes a bellows system including a bellows configured to contain a gas and have an internal pressure within the bellows, and a housing configured to surround the bellows. The mass spectrometer system also includes a control system coupled to th...