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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:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Gordon A. Jones, Lancashire, GB;
David S. Douce, Cheshire, GB;
Amir Farooq, Oldham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H01J 49/26 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/16 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mass spectrometer includes an Electron Impact ('EI') or a Chemical Ionisation ('CI') ion source, and the ion source includes a first coating or surface. The first coating or surface is formed of a metallic carbide, a metallic boride, a ceramic or DLC, or an ion-implanted transition metal.