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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:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Elemental Scientific, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Elemental Scientific, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/04 (2006.01); G01N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/0409 (2013.01); G01N 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 2001/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for securing fabric, paper, and film samples for analysis by laser ablation. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, securing a thin, solid sample with a sample holder system, the sample holder system configured to hold the thin, solid sample in a taut configuration between a piston and a sample holder base; transferring the sample holder system to a laser ablation system; and ablating at least a portion of the thin, solid sample in the taut configuration with the laser ablation system to provide an ablated sample.