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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Applicant:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
David P. Fries, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
William Abbott, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Bo Yang, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/16 (2006.01); G01N 27/62 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01); H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/10 (2013.01); H01J 49/0431 (2013.01); H01J 49/16 (2013.01); G01N 27/622 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes embodiments directed to a bubble based ion source system comprising an ion source configured to generate a plurality of ions, an ion channel, an electrode, and/or any other components. The ion source can include a container at least partially comprising a solvent or solution, a bubble generator coupled to the container configured to generate a plurality of bubbles within the solvent, and/or any other component. The ion channel can receive ions that are generated based on solvent from the bubbles.