US Patent Issued to DH Technologies Development on March 11 for "Systems and methods for effective gap filtering and atmospheric pressure RF heating of ions" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,947, issued on March 11, was assigned to DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Systems and methods for effective gap filtering and atmospheric pressure RF heating of ions" was invented by Bradley B. Schneider (Bradford, Canada), Erkinjon Nazarov (Tampa, Fla.) and Thomas R. Covey (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode is placed in parallel with the first electrode to provide constant gap distance. The gap between the first electrode and the second electrode is at atmospheric pressure. Ions are introduced into the center o...