ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,596, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH (Bremen, Germany).

"Voltage supply for a mass analyser" was invented by Hamish Stewart (Bremen, Germany), Dmitry Grinfeld (Bremen, Germany) and Philipp Cochems (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage supply for a mass analyser is provided. The voltage supply comprises a voltage source, a first voltage output, a second voltage output, and a voltage divider network. The first voltage output is configured to provide a first voltage to a first electrode of the mass analyser, wherein the first electrode of the mass analyser has a first mass sh...