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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:
Aug. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barbara J. Hughey, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul L. Skipper, Belmont, MA (US);
John S. Wishnok, Brookline, MA (US);
Ruth E. Shefer, Newton, MA (US);
John T. Mehl, South Boston, MA (US);
Steven R. Tannenbaum, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/926 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/926 ;
Abstract
An interface system for introducing a non-gaseous sample as a predetermined gaseous form into an analytical instrument which comprises a substrate that receives the non-gaseous sample and a directed energy source that heats at least a portion of said substrate containing the non-gaseous sample to convert the sample to the predetermined gaseous form.