ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,069, issued on June 30, was assigned to TRUEMASS LTD (High Peak, Great Britain).

"Mass spectrometer and method" was invented by John Brian Hoyes (High Peak, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge detection mass spectrometer, CDMS, is described. The CDMS comprises: an electrostatic sector field ion trap and an inductive charge detector, wherein the electrostatic sector field ion trap is configured to define, at least in part, an ion path via the inductive charge detector; and a fragmentation device. A method is also described."

The patent was filed on April 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/554,024.

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