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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Scot R. Weinberger, Montara, CA (US);
Raymond G. Bryan, Reno, NV (US);
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A laser optical bench for use with a laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometer. The laser optical bench includes a laser for producing light, a focusing structure that receives light from the laser and focuses predominantly in a single plane, an attenuator that receives light from the focusing structure, beam steering structure for directing light from the attenuator from the target; and a final focusing element for focusing light from the beam steering structure on the target. Further focusing elements may be included for further focusing and dispersing the light beam in different planes. Additionally, photodetectors or photodiodes may be included for energy measurement and sensing a lasing event.