ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,193, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Method of improving a mass spectrometer, module for improving a mass spectrometer and an improved mass spectrometer" was invented by Mitchell H Rubenstein (Beavercreek, Ohio), Christin M Duran (Dayton, Ohio), John T Kelly (Xenia, Ohio), Jae Hwan Lee (Watervliet, N.Y.), Sarah Pfahler (Miamisburg, Ohio) and Robert M Bradford (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of improving a mass spectrometer, a module for improving a mass spectrometer and a...