ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,427, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Micromass UK Ltd. (Wilmslow, Great Britain).
"Two dimensional MSMS" was invented by Keith Richardson (High Peak, Great Britain) and Jason Lee Wildgoose (Stockport, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising: performing a plurality of cycles of operation during a single experimental run, wherein each cycle comprises: mass selectively transmitting precursor ions of a single mass, or range of masses, through or out of a mass separator or mass filter at any given time, wherein the mass separator or mass filter is operated such that the singl...