US Patent Issued to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, DC, TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY on March 31 for "Bio-identification using low resolution tandem mass spectrometry" (Maryland, Tennessee, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,935, issued on March 31, was assigned to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tenn.), THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, DC (Washington) and TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Almos, N.M.).

"Bio-identification using low resolution tandem mass spectrometry" was invented by Trevor C. Glaros (Albuquerque, N.M.), Phillip Mach (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.), Richard Caprioli (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Jeremy Norris (Smyrna, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and devices are disclosed to generate a multidimensional mass fingerprint that allows for identification on a low-resolution mass ...