US Patent Issued to MOBILion Systems on Sept. 23 for "Methods and apparatus for trapping and accumulation of ions" (Pennsylvania, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,402, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MOBILion Systems Inc. (Chadds Ford, Pa.).

"Methods and apparatus for trapping and accumulation of ions" was invented by John Daniel DeBord (West Grove, Pa.), Liulin Deng (Chester Springs, Pa.) and Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for ion accumulation are disclosed. An apparatus for ion accumulation includes multiple regions. A first region receives and transfers ions to a second region using a first drive potential. The second region is switchable between a first state where it generates a first electric field preventing ions from fur...