US Patent Issued to THERMO FINNIGAN on July 14 for "Systems and techniques for in-source ion separation" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,141, issued on July 14, was assigned to THERMO FINNIGAN LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and techniques for in-source ion separation" was invented by Mikhail V. Ugarov (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for in-source ion separation are provided. An ion separator includes an ion transfer conduit fluidically upstream of and coupled with one or more components of an analytical instrument. The ion separator includes a gas conduit, fluidically upstream of and coupled with the ion transfer conduit, the gas conduit defining an internal volume. The ion separator also includes electronic circuitry d...