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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. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Vadym D. Berkout, Rockville, MD (US);
Vladimir M. Doroshenko, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Inventors:
Vadym D. Berkout, Rockville, MD (US);
Vladimir M. Doroshenko, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Science & Engineering Services, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 59/44 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing a sample material includes a desorption mechanism configured to desorb molecules from the sample material, a metastable generator separate from the desorption mechanism and configured to generate a metastable species, and an interaction region configured for metastable species ionization of the desorbed molecules so as to produce gas-phase ions of the sample material.