ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,510, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd. (Hertfordshire, Great Britain).
"Method and apparatus for separating ions" was invented by Philip Marriott (Buxton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of separating a sample of ions according to their ion mobilities is provided. The method comprises receiving the sample of ions into a drift tube; applying a first electric field component within the drift tube so as to cause the sample of ions to move along a path within the drift tube, whereby the sample of ions separates along the path; and applying a second electric field component within ...